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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. When Ruby learns of his mother's death a few years later, what does he do?
(a) He moves to Florida.
(b) He attempts suicide.
(c) He becomes violent and damages several cars.
(d) He cries and locks himself up in his room.

2. That summer and fall, Ruth, May, Ruby, and Justin begin to go where?
(a) On vacations.
(b) To church.
(c) To the park.
(d) To the movies.

3. Ruth decides she and Ruby should do what?
(a) Get new jobs.
(b) Take a trip by themselves.
(c) Go to couple's counseling.
(d) Move out.

4. Why did Ruby do this to the chicken?
(a) He was hungry.
(b) He noticed that it was not looking very healthy.
(c) He was angry when May refused to let him take Justin into town in the car.
(d) He wanted to test out his new drugs.

5. Ruby comes to Ruth and apologizes, promising what?
(a) To never force himself on her again.
(b) To never come near her again.
(c) To never talk to her again.
(d) To never go on a date with her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. No one wants to hear about Ruth's trip, so she tells who?

2. Ruth wants to take Justin and disappear where?

3. Ruby was a surprise baby, born prematurely in a time when his parents had believed what?

4. They sleep in late the first morning and spend the day doing what?

5. Tensions begin to grow again as what happens?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ruth and Ruby feel at the birthing class?

2. How does May feel about Ruth's engagement to Ruby? Why? How is May appeased?

3. To what does Ruth return home?

4. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

5. Describe the first few months after Justin's birth.

6. What happens when May, Ruby, and Ruth go to pick apples?

7. What does May learn in April? How might this make her feel?

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

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

10. What does Ruth dream about doing? Why?

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