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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. They often share personal stories, and sometimes Miss Finch talks about her husband and what?
(a) Their children.
(b) Their travels together.
(c) Their life together.
(d) Their home.

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

3. Ruth remembers one birthday when May did what for her?
(a) Took her to Showbiz Pizza.
(b) Baked her a special birthday cake.
(c) Bought her a birthday cake.
(d) Made a special dinner for her.

4. Ruth believes May is very _________ at this point in her life.
(a) Lonely.
(b) Angry.
(c) Sad.
(d) Worried.

5. One of May's brothers was deaf and moved to a deaf school when he was _________.
(a) Only five.
(b) Only four.
(c) Only three.
(d) Only six.

6. Due to the amount of teasing Ruth receives at school, what does she do?
(a) She asks Aunt Sid to take her bra shopping.
(b) She asks Aunt Sid for money to buy bras but lies and says the money is for a gift for May's birthday.
(c) She asks Aunt Sid for the money to buy bras.
(d) She asks Aunt Sid for the money for school supplies.

7. Ruth realizes now that people in town must have felt how for her and her family?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Worried.
(c) Sorry.
(d) Embarrassed.

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

9. Artie, from the dry cleaners, talks Ruth into joining what?
(a) The Atlantis Super Wash Center basketball team.
(b) The Trim 'N Tidy bowling team.
(c) The Lucky Laundry tennis team.
(d) The Suds On 8th Avenue softball team.

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

11. Mrs. Foote's husband dies from what?
(a) His heart disease.
(b) His kidney disease.
(c) His liver disease.
(d) His cancer.

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

13. Ruth recalls how in school she began with what impression?
(a) She was popular.
(b) She was smart.
(c) She was special.
(d) She was dumb.

14. Matt is a _____________ man by the time they reach high school.
(a) Handsome.
(b) Rude.
(c) Grown.
(d) Mean.

15. Ruth remembers her first meeting with who?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her cousin Sid.
(c) Her neighbor Sid.
(d) Her Aunt Sid.

Short Answer Questions

1. May learned the tragic news on what day?

2. Miss Finch is taken to a nursing home for what reason?

3. On payday, Ruth hands her check over to May except for______ dollars which she puts away in a piggy bank.

4. Willard was killed where?

5. Ruth remembers mistaking __________ for onions one night.

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