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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For _____ years, May lived with her parents, doing the chores with the younger children.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifteen.

2. Ruth begins working for Miss Finch. Miss Finch lives down the road from the Grey's and lost what in her old age?
(a) Her mind.
(b) Her hearing.
(c) Her ability to speak.
(d) Her sight.

3. Ruth remembers mistaking __________ for onions one night.
(a) Chives.
(b) Daffodil bulbs.
(c) Garlic.
(d) Tulip bulbs.

4. Why did May always think Willard would come back to her?
(a) Because Willard said he would never leave her.
(b) Because the military was never able to supply a body.
(c) Because the police could not find his body.
(d) Because she could not accept that he was dead.

5. Ruth recalls how her mother often told her her father's leaving was whose fault?
(a) His.
(b) No one's.
(c) Everyone's.
(d) Her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Ruth intend to stay the first few times she goes to Miss Finch's?

2. Ruth remembers the early letters Aunt Sid sent to her, filled with what stories?

3. They often share personal stories, and sometimes Miss Finch talks about her husband and what?

4. Ruth does not have many memories of her father, but she can recall one afternoon when she helped a _______ deliver its baby how her father patted her on the head and told her she was a good farmer.

5. Matt is a _____________ man by the time they reach high school.

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