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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Honey Creek is a small farm town in the ______________ part of Illinois.
(a) Southernmost.
(b) Northernmost.
(c) Westernmost.
(d) Easternmost.

2. When May discovered Sid had given Ruth a musical jewelry box, what did she do?
(a) She asked Sid to say it was from her.
(b) She yelled at Sid.
(c) She begged Sid to take it back.
(d) She quickly confiscated the gift.

3. May was the oldest of ________ children and therefore had the burden of the chores placed on her shoulders.
(a) Five.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Six.

4. _________ years later Ruth was born and Matthew the following year.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. For _____ years, May lived with her parents, doing the chores with the younger children.
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. They would dance among what?

2. Matt often shone in school, actually skipping a grade. How did this affect Ruth?

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

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

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

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