View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ruth think her father married her mother?

2. What is Jacqueline's nickname?

3. What does Ruth says she suffers from because of her grandfather's death?

4. Why does James hit the boy?

5. Who does James say his older siblings revere?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ruth say about her parents' marriage in Chapter 3?

2. How do things begin to go downhill for James when Hunter Jordan dies?

3. How does Ruth's life take a turn for the worse when the family moves to Virginia?

4. How does Ruth's friend, Frances, support her?

5. How does James react to Hunter's death?

6. What happens to James when his mother forgets to pick him up from kindergarten?

7. Describe Ruth's school years.

8. How does Peter change Ruth's life?

9. How does Ruth react to Hunter Jordan's death?

10. Why did James think his mother was strange?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound affect on McBride's life and how did they change him?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the following and write how they developed James as a person:

1) His relationship with Hunter

2) His experiments with drugs and crime

3) His time spent in Louisville

4) Moving to Delaware

Essay Topic 3

Examine what the following generations experienced during their time in America:

1) Ruth's grandparents

2) Ruth's parents

3) Ruth and her siblings

4) James and his siblings

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 712 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample