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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. In _______, Ruth and Ruby spend a week on the beach.
(a) July.
(b) August.
(c) April.
(d) June.

2. Ruth becomes wrapped up in what?
(a) Her relationship with Randall.
(b) Spending time with Daisy.
(c) The wedding preparations.
(d) Dating Ruby.

3. Ruth does what to May for the first time?
(a) Pushes her.
(b) Ignores her.
(c) Backs down from her.
(d) Stands up.

4. Why could Ruby not hold a job?
(a) Ruby always overslept.
(b) Ruby was angry all the time.
(c) Ruby could not handle having someone boss him around.
(d) Ruby could not remember basic directions.

5. Ruth learns what about herself?
(a) She married the wrong man.
(b) She is not smart.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Ruth's idea dropped?

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

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

5. How is May appeased?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Ruby being babied?

2. To what does Ruth return home?

3. What does Ruth decide she and Ruby should do? How does this turn out? Why?

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

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

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

7. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

8. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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