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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 becomes violent and damages several cars.
(b) He attempts suicide.
(c) He moves to Florida.
(d) He cries and locks himself up in his room.

2. When Ruby was revived, his mother promised to what?
(a) Never drink again.
(b) Never allow harm to come to him again.
(c) Never touch him again.
(d) Never allow anyone to come near him again.

3. Ruth returns to ___________ tensions at home.
(a) An increase in.
(b) No.
(c) A decrease in.
(d) The same.

4. May takes Ruby and Ruth to pick what from a local orchard?
(a) Pumpkins.
(b) Apples.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Strawberries.

5. Ruby and Ruth have a _____________ to celebrate their marriage.
(a) Long week.
(b) Long weekend.
(c) Long day.
(d) Short weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruth wants to take Justin and disappear where?

2. Who walks Ruth down the aisle?

3. The first few months of marriage are ___________.

4. Why is Ruth's idea dropped?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Ruby's father treat him?

4. What led to Ruby having a counselor?

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

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

7. What does Daisy suggest Ruth do? How do the others feel about this idea?

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

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

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

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