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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. Does May enjoy being a grandmother?

2. That summer and fall, Ruth, May, Ruby, and Justin begin to go where?

3. Sid is there and congratulates Ruth. Ruth gets what impression?

4. Why is Ruth's idea dropped?

5. Ruth finally takes this opportunity to tell Aunt Sid what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daisy suggest Ruth do? How do the others feel about this idea?

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

3. What time does Ruth remember as one of the best times in her marriage?

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

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

6. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

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

8. What does Ruth dream about doing? Why?

9. To what does Ruth return home?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

May is murdered.

Part 1) Describe the events leading up to her murder. Is her murder foreshadowed? Explain.

Part 2) Describe her murder. How is Ruth affected by this? How might it change her permanently?

Part 3) Could her murder have been prevented? If so, how? If not, why not? How might the various have found peace with May's death?

Essay Topic 2

Ruth's opinion of Sid is changed.

Part 1) Describe Sid's relationship and opinion of Sid up to the point when she finds the letter. How does this letter alter her opinion of Sid?

Part 2) Should Ruth be this upset about the letter? Why or why not? Should Sid have confronted Ruth regarding her opinion about Ruby? Why or why not?

Part 3) If your friend was in a relationship you did not care for, would you say something? Why or why not?

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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