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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. Artie gives Ruby a job where?
(a) At the dry cleaners.
(b) At the car dealership.
(c) At the mall.
(d) At the grocery store.

2. Daisy tells Ruth that she should do what?
(a) Find a new job.
(b) Stay at home.
(c) Move out.
(d) Still go on the vacation.

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

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

5. May and Ruth work while Ruby does what?
(a) Wanders around town.
(b) Tries to find a job.
(c) Watches the house.
(d) Sleeps.

Short Answer Questions

1. May's attitude toward Ruth begins to do what?

2. Ruth becomes wrapped up in what?

3. When does tension begin?

4. Ruth does what to May for the first time?

5. That summer and fall, Ruth, May, Ruby, and Justin begin to go where?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

4. To what does Ruth return home?

5. What job does Ruby finally get?

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

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

8. What led to Ruby being babied?

9. What led to Ruby having a counselor?

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

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