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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Persuasion.
(b) Sense and Sensibility.
(c) Mansfield Park.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

2. Ruth is hired to do what for Miss Finch?
(a) Organize her her books in braille.
(b) Cook for her.
(c) Set up books on tape.
(d) Read to her.

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

4. Ruth feels like an afterthought at graduation. Why?
(a) She has no plans for the future and is not happy to see high school ending.
(b) Matt graduates the same day and all the attention is placed on him.
(c) Everyone else in her class had parties planned for them, so Ruth's mom felt guilty at the last minute and threw her one.
(d) She was not sure if she would even graduate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. May shows Ruth how to do what but stops abruptly when Matt walks in and sees them?

2. One evening around the fourth of July, Daisy takes Ruth to the lake. They steal a boat and paddle out to the middle of the lake where they run into who?

3. May, either intentionally or unintentionally, does not notice what about Ruth?

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?

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