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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ruth remembers mistaking __________ for onions one night.
(a) Daffodil bulbs.
(b) Tulip bulbs.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Chives.

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

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

4. As children they often played house together, but Matt had to be who?
(a) The groom.
(b) The bride.
(c) The son.
(d) The father.

5. On payday, Ruth hands her check over to May except for______ dollars which she puts away in a piggy bank.
(a) Five.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eventually Ruby's mother, who suffered asthma, had to move where for her health, leaving Ruby on his own in Illinois?

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

3. Why could Ruby not hold a job?

4. How does Ruth feel about these books?

5. Ruth remembers her first meeting with who?

(see the answer key)

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