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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 cooking.
(d) The cleaning.

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

3. Ruth recalls how her mother often told her her father's leaving was whose fault?
(a) Her.
(b) No one's.
(c) His.
(d) Everyone's.

4. Sid came to make amends with May over an argument dealing with what?
(a) Paying the mortgage.
(b) May's husband.
(c) The raising of May's children.
(d) The distribution of their parents' things upon their death.

5. After a while, Miss Finch becomes what to Ruth?
(a) A friend.
(b) A sister.
(c) A mother.
(d) An acquaintance.

6. How does Ruth feel about these books?
(a) She is annoyed by them.
(b) She is excited about them.
(c) She fears them.
(d) She is interested in them.

7. How did Sid feel about Ruth's first letter?
(a) She was embarrassed.
(b) She was worried.
(c) She was annoyed.
(d) She was impressed.

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

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

10. May, either intentionally or unintentionally, does not notice what about Ruth?
(a) Her changing grades.
(b) Her changing body.
(c) Her changing intelligence.
(d) Her changing confidence.

11. How many happy memories does Ruth have of her family?
(a) A few.
(b) Many.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

12. May learned the tragic news on what day?
(a) The day her sister Marion got married.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) The day of their first anniversary.
(d) Her birthday.

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

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

15. Willard was killed where?
(a) In a bar.
(b) On the train to work.
(c) In the Pacific.
(d) In the Atlantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruth would often catch bees and leave them where?

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

3. What could Ruth's teachers not help doing?

4. While Ruth is working for Miss Finch, she begins to do what?

5. As children they often played house together, but Matt had to be who?

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