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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. 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.

2. Still she often had trouble with what?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Some of the bigger words.
(c) Verb conjugation.
(d) Paying attention.

3. How does this affect Ruth?
(a) It gives her a new place to work.
(b) It forces her to look for a new job.
(c) It give her more work to do.
(d) It cuts off her exposure to great literature.

4. May's main chore as a teenager was what?
(a) The cleaning.
(b) The education of her younger siblings.
(c) The laundry.
(d) The cooking.

5. When they finally married, most people thought it was for what reason?
(a) Willard would be going off to war.
(b) May was pregnant from all the time they spent alone together.
(c) May's parents forced Willard to marry her.
(d) May and Willard were madly in love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Due to the amount of teasing Ruth receives at school, what does she do?

2. How many happy memories does Ruth have of her family?

3. Ruth remembers her first meeting with who?

4. How does Ruth feel about these books?

5. What happened one afternoon when Ruth's father accidentally spilled ice cream on her head?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ruth meet Ruby?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happened when May met Elmer Grey?

9. Describe Honey Creek.

10. What story does Ruth tell about going to a dance?

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