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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she help the team do?

2. May often has to remind Ruth to do what?

3. _________ years later Ruth was born and Matthew the following year.

4. How does Ruby begin her story?

5. Ruth remembers mistaking __________ for onions one night.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruth remember about a mistake she made cooking one night? Why is she afraid to tell Aunt Sid this story?

2. What happens between Randall and Ruth? What happens at about the same time?

3. What does Ruth remember about one Christmas?

4. What did May do after Willard's death?

5. What takes place between Ruth and Ruby?

6. Why does Ruth begin working for Miss Finch?

7. What does Ruth recall about school?

8. How does Ruth meet Ruby?

9. Why did Ruth have to pay special attention in school?

10. Describe Ruth's first meeting with Aunt Sid.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

May is very controlling of Justin.

Part 1) Describe this controlling behavior. How does it compare to her behavior toward her children when they were young?

Part 2) Why does she act this way? Should she act this way? Why or why not?

Part 3) When have you tried to control a situation you were in? Why did you do this? How were you affected by this controlling behavior? How did your behavior affect others?

Essay Topic 2

May has lived a difficult life.

Part 1) Describe her life. How has she changed throughout her life? What led to these changes?

Part 2) How does May allow her past troubles to affect the present and the future? How does her past influence Ruth and Matt's lives?

Part 3) How might your own past influence your present and future? Is this good or bad? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Ruth and Aunt Sid communicate through letters.

Part 1) How and why does this communication begin? How dose this communication affect Ruth?

Part 2) What is learned about Ruth through these letters? How important is this relationship to Ruth? Why?

Part 3) What other relationships are important to Ruth in this story? How are relationships a theme in this story?

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