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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. Ruth relates the story of her mother's life as it was told to her by whom?
(a) Her brother, Matt.
(b) Her counselor, Sharry.
(c) Her Aunt Sid.
(d) Her husband.

2. Ruth recalls how her mother often told her her father's leaving was whose fault?
(a) Her.
(b) No one's.
(c) His.
(d) Everyone's.

3. What does May not buy Ruth?
(a) Books.
(b) Presents.
(c) School supplies.
(d) Bras.

4. 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.

5. Matt is a _____________ man by the time they reach high school.
(a) Rude.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Mean.
(d) Grown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does this affect Ruth?

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

3. Some of the books are non-fiction, but many of them are classic literature, such as Charles Dickens' Bleak House and Jane Austen's _______________.

4. What could Ruth's teachers not help doing?

5. How did these feelings about herself affect her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matt do after high school graduation?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What happens between Randall and Ruth? What happens at about the same time?

8. How does Ruth meet Ruby?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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