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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Ruth is working for Miss Finch, she begins to do what?
(a) Blossom into adulthood.
(b) Enjoy learning.
(c) Gain respect in school.
(d) Gain more self-esteem.

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

3. Ruth's father left when she was ______, just drove away and went to Texas to pick grapefruit and never returned.
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

4. What could Ruth's teachers not help doing?
(a) Comparing her to Matt.
(b) Teasing her.
(c) Ignoring her.
(d) Comparing her to the other students.

5. Matt is Ruth's younger brother. He always did everything ____________ she did.
(a) Similar to how.
(b) Slower and worse than.
(c) Faster and better than.
(d) The same as.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sid tells Ruby that May would often have her boyfriend, Willard Jenson, over while she did what?

2. May was the oldest of ________ children and therefore had the burden of the chores placed on her shoulders.

3. Ruth does not have many memories of her father, but she can recall one afternoon when she helped a _______ deliver its baby how her father patted her on the head and told her she was a good farmer.

4. Due to the amount of teasing Ruth receives at school, what does she do?

5. They often share personal stories, and sometimes Miss Finch talks about her husband and what?

(see the answer key)

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