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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 Olivia share with Ruby?
(a) That Olivia's boyfriend is cheating on her.
(b) That Olivia has finished her literature project.
(c) That Olivia is going to an out-of-state college.
(d) That Olivia has convinced her father to let her return to Jackson.

2. Why does Cora give Ruby two hundred dollars?
(a) To go pay her tuition for a college course Ruby wants to take.
(b) To find an old clunker car.
(c) So Ruby has some spending money.
(d) For clothes.

3. What supposedly keeps Ruby from hitting Gervais?
(a) She thinks he is not really that bad.
(b) He would tell his mother on her.
(c) His braces with a headgear.
(d) He might cry.

4. What does Ruby realize in the morning?
(a) That Cora wants Ruby out of the house.
(b) That Jamie wasn't fooled about Ruby trying to leave.
(c) That Nate is her age.
(d) That Jaime is going to help her leave.

5. Why can't Peyton do what Ruby asks of her?
(a) Peyton is leaving town that day for Europe.
(b) Peyton is out of town.
(c) Peyton's parents have her under tight control.
(d) Peyton is afraid of getting in trouble with the authorities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the subdivision where Cora and Jamie live?

2. What does Cora promise Ruby when Cora leaves home?

3. How does Cora defend herself about the wedding?

4. What conversation does Ruby hear between Cora and some friends?

5. What has Jaime bought for Roscoe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ruby think about as far as her childhood before Cora leaves home?

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

5. What does Ruby say about Gervais at the beginning of this chapter?

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

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

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

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

10. What is Jaime showing Ruby at the opening to the novel and who else is there?

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