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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. The first few months of marriage are ___________.
(a) Annoying.
(b) Exciting.
(c) Easy going.
(d) Difficult.

2. Sid is there and congratulates Ruth. Ruth gets what impression?
(a) Sid is not happy with her choices in life.
(b) Sid is happy for her.
(c) Sid is not feeling well.
(d) Sid misses her.

3. Why does May insist they all go back to work?
(a) When Justin is sleeping through the night.
(b) When she becomes tired of them at home.
(c) When the bills get tight.
(d) When she tires of doing all the work.

4. The following January, Ruby gets a job running ________________ that parks in the grocery store parking lot twice a month.
(a) The icecream truck.
(b) The dump truck.
(c) The delivery truck.
(d) The recycling truck.

5. Ruth often misses work to deal with what?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) The baby.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Ruby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tensions begin to grow again as what happens?

2. Ruth learns what about herself?

3. Ruth becomes wrapped up in what?

4. May thinks she is the expert on what?

5. Ruth recalls this as what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Ruby's father treat him?

4. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

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

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

8. What time does Ruth remember as one of the best times in her marriage?

9. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

10. To what does Ruth return home?

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