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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sid tells Ruby that May would often have her boyfriend, Willard Jenson, over while she did what?
(a) Worked in the garden.
(b) Cooked.
(c) The laundry.
(d) Cleaned.

2. As they grew older and Matt's _____________ continued to shine, Ruth began to torture him.
(a) Lover for their mother.
(b) Personality.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Ability to make friends.

3. 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?
(a) Dee Dee.
(b) Randall.
(c) Matt.
(d) Ruby.

4. The marriage was a happy one, until what?
(a) May became pregnant.
(b) World War I began.
(c) World War II began.
(d) Willard lost his job.

5. May often has to remind Ruth to do what?
(a) Stay organized.
(b) Listen to her boss.
(c) Finish her work.
(d) Be polite to the customers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did May accept this news?

2. How does Ruby begin her story?

3. Does Ruth intend to stay the first few times she goes to Miss Finch's?

4. What does she help the team do?

5. Ruth recalls how her mother often told her her father's leaving was whose fault?

(see the answer key)

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