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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was a rare bit of praise for a child overshadowed by whom?
(a) Her father's friends.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her little brother.
(d) Her older brother.

2. As children they often played house together, but Matt had to be who?
(a) The father.
(b) The groom.
(c) The bride.
(d) The son.

3. As a child, May would often tell her sisters she was going to do what?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Run away.
(c) Get married young.
(d) Sell them.

4. At other times, Ruth reads snippets of the letters she receives from whom?
(a) Dee Dee.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Matt.
(d) Aunt Sid.

5. Ruth recalls how her mother often told her her father's leaving was whose fault?
(a) His.
(b) Everyone's.
(c) Her.
(d) No one's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Honey Creek is a small farm town in the ______________ part of Illinois.

2. Still she often had trouble with what?

3. Daisy wants to be what in Hollywood or New York?

4. As they grew older and Matt's _____________ continued to shine, Ruth began to torture him.

5. What happened one afternoon when Ruth's father accidentally spilled ice cream on her head?

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