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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cora promise Ruby when Cora leaves home?
(a) She'll come back for her.
(b) She won't let their mother hurt Ruby.
(c) She'll get their mother help.
(d) She'll keep in touch.

2. What does Ruby say about Gervais?
(a) That he has a few screws loose.
(b) That he's just a kid and not to be taken seriously.
(c) That he's actually quite funny.
(d) How annoying he is.

3. When does Ruby encounter Nate Cross?
(a) In the library.
(b) Between classes.
(c) In English class.
(d) In Calculus class.

4. What does Jaime want Ruby to do?
(a) Quit her job.
(b) Apply for college.
(c) Help Cora who is pregnant.
(d) Stop seeing Marshall.

5. Where does Gervais attend school in the afternoons?
(a) A special needs school.
(b) Perkins.
(c) The university.
(d) His regular middle school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jamie's wife?

2. Why is Olivia at Perkins?

3. What did Cora used to do when she still lived with Ruby and their mother?

4. What does Mr. Thackray urge Jaime to do?

5. What does Ruby think when Jaime picks her up at school one afternoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ruby stopped the first night from running away?

2. What has Olivia verified and how does she feel about it?

3. What happens when Nate takes Ruby back to her former home?

4. In what condition is the house that the Honeycutts own when they come by to check on the place and what do they do?

5. What decision has Ruby made concerning living with Cora and Jaime, but how does she hedge her bets?

6. What does Nate do for his father on a regular basis?

7. Where does Ruby go from the mall and what important piece of information does Marshall gain from the encounter?

8. Who does Ruby meet in her literature class, and what do the two have in common?

9. What does Ruby say about her life before Cora picked her up earlier that day?

10. What does Ruby notice about Jaime at breakfast the next morning?

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