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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Matt often shone in school, actually skipping a grade. How did this affect Ruth?
(a) He joined her class.
(b) She dreamed to be him.
(c) She was worried about him.
(d) He skipped to a grade ahead of her.

2. One evening around the fourth of July, Daisy takes Ruth to the lake. They steal a boat and paddle out to the middle of the lake where they run into who?
(a) Dee Dee.
(b) Matt.
(c) Randall.
(d) Ruby.

3. At other times, Ruth reads snippets of the letters she receives from whom?
(a) Dee Dee.
(b) Aunt Sid.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Matt.

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

5. What does May not buy Ruth?
(a) Books.
(b) School supplies.
(c) Bras.
(d) Presents.

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

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

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

9. When May discovered Sid had given Ruth a musical jewelry box, what did she do?
(a) She yelled at Sid.
(b) She asked Sid to say it was from her.
(c) She begged Sid to take it back.
(d) She quickly confiscated the gift.

10. Miss Finch is taken to a nursing home for what reason?
(a) She has become senile.
(b) She has become ill.
(c) She has become frail.
(d) She has become deaf.

11. It was a rare bit of praise for a child overshadowed by whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father's friends.
(c) Her older brother.
(d) Her little brother.

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

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

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

15. What does Randall, Dee Dee's son, do to Ruth?
(a) He makes a pass at her.
(b) He ignores her.
(c) He bullies her.
(d) He teases her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ruth remembers her first meeting with who?

3. Why did May always think Willard would come back to her?

4. Ruth feels like an afterthought at graduation. Why?

5. Matt lives in a world that does not include who?

(see the answer keys)

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