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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. 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.

2. As children they often played house together, but Matt had to be who?
(a) The father.
(b) The son.
(c) The groom.
(d) The bride.

3. Matt is Ruth's younger brother. He always did everything ____________ she did.
(a) Similar to how.
(b) The same as.
(c) Faster and better than.
(d) Slower and worse than.

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

5. The marriage was a happy one, until what?
(a) World War II began.
(b) May became pregnant.
(c) World War I began.
(d) Willard lost his job.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of May's brothers was deaf and moved to a deaf school when he was _________.

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

3. Ruth remembers the early letters Aunt Sid sent to her, filled with what stories?

4. Ruth was left devastated by her own stupidity, despite advancing to the final _________.

5. While Ruth is working for Miss Finch, she begins to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ruth believe the people in town must feel sorry for her and her family?

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

3. How does Artie get Ruth involved in an activity?

4. Describe Honey Creek.

5. What is one memory Ruth has of her father?

6. What happens when Ruth is moved up to a normal English class?

7. How does Ruth meet Ruby?

8. What happened when May met Elmer Grey?

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

10. What takes place between Ruth and Ruby?

(see the answer keys)

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