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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 goes into labor when?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) Easter morning.

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

3. One Saturday, later in that winter, Ruby brings home a coon's tail he found and he and Ruth use it how?
(a) In their sexual play.
(b) To make a coonskin cap.
(c) To dust.
(d) In their cooking.

4. As the pregnancy continues, Ruth and Ruby attend what?
(a) College classes.
(b) Church.
(c) Birthing classes.
(d) Baby stores.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. May and Ruth work while Ruby does what?

2. Ruby and Ruth have a _____________ to celebrate their marriage.

3. Ruth soon learns that Ruby did what to one of May's chickens?

4. Ruth becomes wrapped up in what?

5. May then spends the entire night complaining about what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

4. What job does Ruby finally get?

5. What does Ruth dream about doing? Why?

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

7. How did Ruby's father treat him?

8. What takes place between Ruth and Ruby at the beginning of this section?

9. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

10. What leads to tension? What exacerbates this tension?

(see the answer keys)

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