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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. A few weeks later, May and Ruby fight about what?
(a) The paintings.
(b) His drug use.
(c) The birdhouses.
(d) The guitars.

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

3. 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 go on a date with her again.
(d) To never talk to her again.

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

5. Why is Ruth's idea dropped?
(a) Ruby gets hit by a car and messes up his leg.
(b) Ruby becomes very ill.
(c) Ruby finds a new job.
(d) Ruby decides he does not want to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finally the baby comes after how many hours of labor?

2. May learns in __________ that Matt was mentioned in Time magazine but did not tell her.

3. Why could Ruby not hold a job?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

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

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

4. How did Ruby's father treat him?

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

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

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

8. What does Ruth dream about doing? Why?

9. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

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