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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20, Promise, Old Man Shilsky.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the blacks come into the store to purchase in the Thirties?
(a) Gun powder
(b) Guns
(c) Paracetemol
(d) BC powder

2. What does Ruth use the money she steals for?
(a) To go to the movies
(b) To buy make up
(c) To buy good food
(d) To travel

3. What does Ruth drink tea from?
(a) A mug
(b) A glass
(c) A saucer
(d) A bowl

4. What does James say Daddy always has his pockets full with?
(a) Money
(b) Soil
(c) Presents
(d) Sweets

5. Why does Ruth think her father married her mother?
(a) To move to America
(b) To become a rabbi
(c) To have a son
(d) For love

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the main character?

2. Where does Ruth's mother suggest Ruth go for the summer?

3. Where does Ruth's Aunt Betsy work?

4. What kind of people do James and friends mug?

5. What does Ruth decide she will never do again in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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