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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ years later Ruth was born and Matthew the following year.

2. Ruth recalls how her mother often told her her father's leaving was whose fault?

3. Ruth realizes now that people in town must have felt how for her and her family?

4. When Elmer Grey began coming around, a widower with a farm of his own, May accepted his attentions and they were married when?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ruth teased in school? How does she deal with this?

2. What takes place between Ruth and Ruby?

3. What did Ruth think about these letters from Sid? Why?

4. Describe Ruth's first meeting with Aunt Sid.

5. What did May do after Willard's death?

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

7. What does Ruth remember about one Christmas?

8. What is the one happy memory Ruth has of her family?

9. How did May and Willard's marriage come to an end?

10. Why does Ruth begin working for Miss Finch?

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