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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 names the baby what?
(a) Justin.
(b) Jonathan.
(c) John.
(d) James.

2. That Christmas Eve Ruth remembers as what?
(a) No different than any other day.
(b) One of the best times in her marriage.
(c) One of the worst times in her marriage.
(d) An okay day.

3. Ruby spends most of his time doing what in the basement?
(a) Painting.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Playing his guitar.
(d) Making birdhouses.

4. Who walks Ruth down the aisle?
(a) Matt.
(b) Daisy.
(c) May.
(d) Randall.

5. Ruth finally takes this opportunity to tell Aunt Sid what?
(a) How she is planning to run away.
(b) How unhappy she is.
(c) How much she loves her and how the letters Sid sent to her all those years ago saved her life.
(d) How horrible her home life is.

Short Answer Questions

1. This is the only time in which the four of them could do what?

2. How is May appeased?

3. Why does May become upset when Ruby insists on a certain type of fruit?

4. Ruth goes into labor when?

5. Ruby's mother was an alcoholic and fell asleep with Ruby where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Ruby being babied?

2. To what does Ruth return home?

3. Why does May's attitude toward Ruth begin to change?

4. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

5. What job does Ruby finally get?

6. Describe Aunt Sid and Ruth's vacation together.

7. How did Ruby's father treat him?

8. What is happening during this time in Ruby's life?

9. Describe the time between Ruth and Ruby's marriage and when tension begins.

10. What does Ruth decide she and Ruby should do? How does this turn out? Why?

(see the answer keys)

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