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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. May's main chore as a teenager was what?
(a) The laundry.
(b) The education of her younger siblings.
(c) The cleaning.
(d) The cooking.

2. Still she often had trouble with what?
(a) Some of the bigger words.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Verb conjugation.
(d) Paying attention.

3. When they finally married, most people thought it was for what reason?
(a) May was pregnant from all the time they spent alone together.
(b) May's parents forced Willard to marry her.
(c) Willard would be going off to war.
(d) May and Willard were madly in love.

4. Matt often shone in school, actually skipping a grade. How did this affect Ruth?
(a) He joined her class.
(b) She dreamed to be him.
(c) She was worried about him.
(d) He skipped to a grade ahead of her.

5. Ruth relates the story of her mother's life as it was told to her by whom?
(a) Her counselor, Sharry.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her brother, Matt.
(d) Her Aunt Sid.

Short Answer Questions

1. When May discovered Sid had given Ruth a musical jewelry box, what did she do?

2. Who was going to change the world?

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

4. How does Ruby begin her story?

5. In __________ grade, Ruth was instructed to write a letter to someone, so she chose Aunt Sid.

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