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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. May is desperate to be what to Matt?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His mother.
(c) His confidante.
(d) His sister.

3. How did these feelings about herself affect her?
(a) They caused her to be successful.
(b) They caused her to fail over and over again.
(c) They caused her great embarrassment.
(d) They caused her to skip a grade.

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

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

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

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

8. Immediately after graduation, Matt goes where?
(a) To an academic camp.
(b) To Europe.
(c) To summer camp.
(d) To college.

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

10. What does she help the team do?
(a) Go to state competition.
(b) Become league champions.
(c) Go to regional competition.
(d) Win a trophy.

11. Ruth is hired to do what for Miss Finch?
(a) Read to her.
(b) Set up books on tape.
(c) Cook for her.
(d) Organize her her books in braille.

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

13. Unfortunately Ruth lost out on the spelling bee. How did May treat her?
(a) Thoughtfully.
(b) With disappointment.
(c) Cruelly.
(d) Carefully.

14. Where does Matt go to school in the fall?
(a) UCLA.
(b) MIT.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Yale.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was going to change the world?

2. Still she often had trouble with what?

3. Why did Ruth have to pay special attention in school?

4. 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.

5. Ruth relates the story of her mother's life as it was told to her by whom?

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