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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is swimming next door when Ruby tries to jump the fence?
(a) There is no pool next door.
(b) Nate Cross.
(c) No one.
(d) The elderly man who lives there.

2. What does Mr. Thackray urge Jaime to do?
(a) Run for the school board.
(b) Ask Cora to run for president of the PTA.
(c) Keep an eye on Ruby.
(d) Allow himself to be recognized for his donations to the school.

3. What did Cora used to do when she still lived with Ruby and their mother?
(a) Make their mother go to bed and sleep off a drunk.
(b) Protect Ruby.
(c) Hit their mother.
(d) Make Ruby keep up with her homework.

4. Why is there a line stretched across the kitchen?
(a) To hang pots.
(b) To hang wet clothes.
(c) To keep light from coming in the window.
(d) To hang photographs.

5. What does Ruby refuse from Nate?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A ride.
(c) Help with math.
(d) Collaborating on their English assignment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much older is Cora than Ruby?

2. What does Cora make Ruby do when she comes downstairs?

3. Who does Ruby first call at a convenience store after class?

4. What sort of jobs did Ruby's mother hold?

5. What does Ruby want to do when Cora and Jamie go to sleep?

(see the answer key)

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