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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. Ruby and Ruth have a _____________ to celebrate their marriage.

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

3. Ruth recalls this as what?

4. This is the only time in which the four of them could do what?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place between Ruth and Ruby at the beginning of this section?

2. What led to Ruby having a counselor?

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

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

5. To what does Ruth return home?

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

7. How does Ruth feel about getting married?

8. Describe Ruth's labor and delivery.

9. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruby's family dynamics greatly affected him.

Part 1) Describe Ruby's childhood. How do events and people in his childhood affect him as an adult?

Part 2) How does Ruby bring this baggage into his life with Ruth? How does May exacerbate these problems?

Part 3) Could Ruby have overcome this difficult childhood? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Ruth and Miss Finch form a relationship.

Part 1) Describe this relationship. How is it formed? How does Ruth benefit from this friendship?

Part 2) How does this relationship come to an end? How dose this ending affect Ruth?

Part 3) What relationships are important in your own life? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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