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

2. 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.

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

4. While Ruth is working for Miss Finch, she begins to do what?
(a) Enjoy learning.
(b) Blossom into adulthood.
(c) Gain respect in school.
(d) Gain more self-esteem.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When they finally married, most people thought it was for what reason?

2. May's main chore as a teenager was what?

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

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

5. Sid tells Ruby that May would often have her boyfriend, Willard Jenson, over while she did what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ruth's time at Miss Finch's affect her?

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

3. How does Ruth meet Ruby?

4. What takes place between Ruth and Ruby?

5. What led to a friendship between Ruth and Aunt Sid?

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

7. What are two stories Ruth tells to show how unpredictable her mother is?

8. With what was May burdened? Why? How did she feel about this?

9. Who is Dee Dee Foote? What does Dee Dee Foote bring out in May?

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

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