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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is Ruth's real name?
(a) Jordan Freda McBride
(b) Ruth McBride Jordan
(c) Ruth Deborah Shilsky
(d) Rachel Deborah Shilsky

2. What does Ruth receive a degree in?
(a) Mordern art
(b) Social work
(c) Banking
(d) Copywriting

3. Who does James take his mother to see in this chapter?
(a) Sam
(b) Frances
(c) Her father
(d) Aubrey

4. What is the name of the theater where Rocky likes to take Ruth?
(a) The Archa
(b) The Lab
(c) The Lucerna
(d) The Apollo

5. Who is the first person Ruth tells about her new job?
(a) Aunt Mary
(b) Her grandmother
(c) Her mother
(d) Andrew

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Halina's son?

2. Which of Ruth's siblings lives in Brooklyn?

3. What building does James stand in front of in August 1992?

4. Who was James named after?

5. What was the the name of the song Ruth's mother sang to the birds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is David Wind?

2. How does Ruth's relationship with Andrew affect her family life?

3. What does Aubrey Rubenstein tell James in Chapter 22?

4. Why is James anxious to move to Delaware?

5. Describe Andrew and Ruth's relationship.

6. In what way does James think his mother is a success?

7. Why do Ruth's parents refuse to get a divorce?

8. How have Ruth's parents lives changed?

9. Describe Halina's time in an underground prison.

10. Describe the wedding James and Ruth attend in this chapter.

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