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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ruth remembers her first meeting with who?
(a) Her Aunt Sid.
(b) Her neighbor Sid.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her cousin Sid.

2. The town is so _________ that everyone knows everyone's business.
(a) Large.
(b) Small.
(c) Irritating.
(d) Odd.

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

4. Sid came to make amends with May over an argument dealing with what?
(a) The distribution of their parents' things upon their death.
(b) The raising of May's children.
(c) Paying the mortgage.
(d) May's husband.

5. How does Ruby begin her story?
(a) By describing her son.
(b) By describing her family.
(c) By describing the town in which she grew up.
(d) By describing herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. For _____ years, May lived with her parents, doing the chores with the younger children.

2. Ruth realizes now that people in town must have felt how for her and her family?

3. How many happy memories does Ruth have of her family?

4. Ruth remembers the early letters Aunt Sid sent to her, filled with what stories?

5. May's main chore as a teenager was what?

(see the answer key)

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