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

2. When Elmer Grey began coming around, a widower with a farm of his own, May accepted his attentions and they were married when?
(a) A short time later.
(b) A year later.
(c) Five years later.
(d) Two years later.

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

4. Sid tells Ruby that May would often have her boyfriend, Willard Jenson, over while she did what?
(a) Worked in the garden.
(b) Cleaned.
(c) The laundry.
(d) Cooked.

5. 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) Randall.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Matt.
(d) Dee Dee.

Short Answer Questions

1. For _____ years, May lived with her parents, doing the chores with the younger children.

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Honey Creek.

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

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

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

6. What leads to Ruth torturing Matt?

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

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

9. What does Ruth recall about school?

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

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