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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. Matt lives in a world that does not include who?

2. What does Ruth discover about herself?

3. How did Ruth feel when Jesus did not really make an appearance?

4. When Elmer Grey began coming around, a widower with a farm of his own, May accepted his attentions and they were married when?

5. Sid tells Ruby that May would often have her boyfriend, Willard Jenson, over while she did what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ruth's time at Miss Finch's affect her?

2. What led to a friendship between Ruth and Aunt Sid?

3. What did Ruth think about these letters from Sid? Why?

4. How did May come to spend a great deal of time with Willard Jenson?

5. What does Matt do after high school graduation?

6. What does Ruth remember about one Christmas?

7. Describe Honey Creek.

8. What story does Ruth tell about going to a dance?

9. How does Ruth meet Ruby?

10. What leads to Ruth torturing Matt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruth lives in Honey Creek, Illinois.

Part 1) Describe Honey Creek. How is Ruth a part of this community?

Part 2) How does this community influence Ruth? How does the early description of this town prepare the reader for the rest of the book?

Part 3) How does your own town influence you? What can be learned about you by learning about the town?

Essay Topic 2

Ruth vacations with Sid.

Part 1) What was Ruth's original vacation plan? Why does this first plan fall through? What does this reveal about Ruby?

Part 2) How important is this vacation to Ruth? Why do May and Ruby react the way they do regarding Ruth's vacation? How do their reactions affect Ruth?

Part 3) Describe a vacation on which you have gone. Why was it important to you? How were you changed by it?

Essay Topic 3

Ruth and Matt graduate.

Part 1) How is each of them affected by this graduation? Why? What does this reveal about their futures?

Part 2) How do the family dynamics change? How does May feel about this? Why?

Part 3) Could Ruth have had a better future? Why or why not? Should Matt have acted differently toward his family at this point? Why or why not?

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