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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ruth does not have many memories of her father, but she can recall one afternoon when she helped a _______ deliver its baby how her father patted her on the head and told her she was a good farmer.
(a) Sheep.
(b) Horse.
(c) Cow.
(d) Goat.

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

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

5. Daisy wants to be what in Hollywood or New York?
(a) A movie star.
(b) A model.
(c) A makeup artist.
(d) A waitress.

6. Matt lives in a world that does not include who?
(a) Anyone but himself.
(b) May and Ruth.
(c) May.
(d) Ruth.

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

8. May wore the same _________ from her sister's wedding to her husband's memorial service.
(a) Dress.
(b) Scarf.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Hat.

9. Ruth's father left when she was ______, just drove away and went to Texas to pick grapefruit and never returned.
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

10. Ruth remembers the early letters Aunt Sid sent to her, filled with what stories?
(a) Growing up in Honey Creek.
(b) Growing up during the Great Depression.
(c) Going to college in Chicago.
(d) Going on vacations.

11. Ruth would often catch bees and leave them where?
(a) In Matt's car.
(b) In Matt's club house.
(c) In Matt's bed.
(d) In the house.

12. Why is Ruth afraid to tell this story and May's reaction?
(a) She fears Aunt Sid will laugh at her.
(b) She is embarrassed and does not want anyone to know what she had done.
(c) She fears Aunt Sid will be mad at her for this mistake.
(d) She fears Aunt Sid will think her too stupid to be her pen pal.

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

14. Matt is Ruth's younger brother. He always did everything ____________ she did.
(a) Slower and worse than.
(b) Faster and better than.
(c) The same as.
(d) Similar to how.

15. Ruth remembers one Christmas when the Reverend at her church announced what?
(a) The coming of Jesus.
(b) Jesus is born.
(c) Satan has taken control of many lives.
(d) He would be retiring.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened one afternoon when Ruth's father accidentally spilled ice cream on her head?

2. After a while, Miss Finch becomes what to Ruth?

3. How did Ruth feel when Jesus did not really make an appearance?

4. Willard was killed where?

5. One of May's brothers was deaf and moved to a deaf school when he was _________.

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