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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a child, May would often tell her sisters she was going to do what?
(a) Sell them.
(b) Get married young.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Run away.

2. Ruth also recalls when she got into the spelling bee and May allowed her to wear what?
(a) Her hair in curls.
(b) An heirloom pin.
(c) A pair of earrings.
(d) Her best dress.

3. May cooks dinner while Ruth does what?
(a) Cleans the house.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Tends to the chickens and collects the eggs.
(d) The laundry.

4. Why could Ruby not hold a job?
(a) Ruby always overslept.
(b) Ruby was angry all the time.
(c) Ruby could not remember basic directions.
(d) Ruby could not handle having someone boss him around.

5. Ruby and Ruth have a _____________ to celebrate their marriage.
(a) Long week.
(b) Long day.
(c) Short weekend.
(d) Long weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many happy memories does Ruth have of her family?

2. Due to the amount of teasing Ruth receives at school, what does she do?

3. Ruth does what to May for the first time?

4. May was the oldest of ________ children and therefore had the burden of the chores placed on her shoulders.

5. Sid came to make amends with May over an argument dealing with what?

(see the answer key)

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