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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. Ruth and Ruby spend the first three months of the baby's life where?

2. When does tension begin?

3. May is forced to wait where, but Ruby goes with her to the labor room?

4. How does May feel about the baby?

5. May does not approve of Ruby from the start, claiming what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ruth dream about doing? Why?

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

5. How did Ruby's father treat him?

6. To what does Ruth return home?

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

8. Describe Ruth's labor and delivery.

9. What led to Ruby having a counselor?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruth learns she is pregnant.

Part 1) How do May and Ruby react to this news? Why do they react this way?

Part 2) Is this pregnancy a good idea? Why or why not? How does this pregnancy and Justin's birth both help and hurt this family?

Part 3) Would this family have survived if Justin had not been born? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The household falls apart.

Part 1) Describe this destruction. What is the cause of this destruction?

Part 2) How do Ruth, Ruby, and May play a role in it's destruction?

Part 3) How different might their relationship have been if they had not lived together? Could it have been better? Why or why not? Could May's death have been prevented? Why or why not?

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