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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. They sleep in late the first morning and spend the day doing what?
(a) Talking.
(b) Watching television and cleaning up the house.
(c) Laying out on the beach.
(d) Going hiking.

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

3. May thinks she is the expert on what?
(a) Babies.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Organizing.
(d) Cooking.

4. How does May feel about the baby?
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Worried.
(d) Annoyed.

5. Why does May become upset when Ruby insists on a certain type of fruit?
(a) She does not like it when he gets his way.
(b) She has to pay for them.
(c) She does not like that type of fruit.
(d) She is allergic to that fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does May think of Ruth's idea?

2. Ruth goes into labor when?

3. As May continues to harp on Ruth and Ruby for the way they are raising Justin, Ruth begins to imagine what?

4. Within a few months, what has happened to Ruth and Ruby?

5. Why did Ruby do this to the chicken?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Ruth's labor and delivery.

5. What does Ruth dream about doing? Why?

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

7. To what does Ruth return home?

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

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

10. What job does Ruby finally get?

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