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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. How does Cora defend herself about the wedding?
(a) That Ruby was into drugs then.
(b) She does not defend herself.
(c) That Ruby did not answer Cora's messages.
(d) That Cora told their mother.

2. What does Cora make Ruby do when she comes downstairs?
(a) Saw grace.
(b) Change into a looser pair of pants.
(c) Change into a different sweater.
(d) Eat some breakfast.

3. What is "Rest Assured"?
(a) A mortuary.
(b) A business Nate's father owns.
(c) A nursing home.
(d) A cemetary.

4. Who is swimming next door when Ruby tries to jump the fence?
(a) Nate Cross.
(b) The elderly man who lives there.
(c) No one.
(d) There is no pool next door.

5. Who is Olivia?
(a) Cora's best friend.
(b) The only student Ruby has known before in her other high school.
(c) A black girl sitting next to Ruby in class.
(d) The biology teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Olivia at Perkins?

2. What does Jaime want Ruby to do?

3. What does Ruby say about Gervais?

4. What falls out of Ruby's dress pocket when she is dressing at Marshall's house?

5. Who does Ruby first call at a convenience store after class?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What discussion does Ruby have with Cora about the bus system?

4. Who is Marshall and what kind of relationship do Ruby and Marshall have?

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

6. What does Jaime want Ruby to do when he picks her up at school one afternoon and what is her response?

7. What discussion do Jaime and Mr. Thackray have when Jaime brings Ruby to enroll in school?

8. How does Ruby describe Olivia's behavior in literature class?

9. What does Ruby learn at the fish store and what fish does Ruby choose?

10. Describe Gervais.

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