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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Willard was killed where?
(a) In the Pacific.
(b) On the train to work.
(c) In a bar.
(d) In the Atlantic.

2. Due to the amount of teasing Ruth receives at school, what does she do?
(a) She asks Aunt Sid for the money for school supplies.
(b) She asks Aunt Sid for the money to buy bras.
(c) She asks Aunt Sid for money to buy bras but lies and says the money is for a gift for May's birthday.
(d) She asks Aunt Sid to take her bra shopping.

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.
(a) Sheep.
(b) Cow.
(c) Goat.
(d) Horse.

4. Some of the books are non-fiction, but many of them are classic literature, such as Charles Dickens' Bleak House and Jane Austen's _______________.
(a) Sense and Sensibility.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Mansfield Park.
(d) Persuasion.

5. Ruth remembers the early letters Aunt Sid sent to her, filled with what stories?
(a) Going to college in Chicago.
(b) Growing up in Honey Creek.
(c) Growing up during the Great Depression.
(d) Going on vacations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruth remembers her first meeting with who?

2. When they finally married, most people thought it was for what reason?

3. Ruth was left devastated by her own stupidity, despite advancing to the final _________.

4. Unfortunately Ruth lost out on the spelling bee. How did May treat her?

5. Ruth remembers mistaking __________ for onions one night.

(see the answer key)

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