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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ruth feel when Jesus did not really make an appearance?
(a) She was angry.
(b) She was worried.
(c) She was disappointed.
(d) She was surprised.

2. Matt lives in a world that does not include who?
(a) Ruth.
(b) May and Ruth.
(c) Anyone but himself.
(d) May.

3. While Ruth is working for Miss Finch, she begins to do what?
(a) Enjoy learning.
(b) Blossom into adulthood.
(c) Gain more self-esteem.
(d) Gain respect in school.

4. May wore the same _________ from her sister's wedding to her husband's memorial service.
(a) Gloves.
(b) Hat.
(c) Scarf.
(d) Dress.

5. How did these feelings about herself affect her?
(a) They caused her to be successful.
(b) They caused her to fail over and over again.
(c) They caused her great embarrassment.
(d) They caused her to skip a grade.

6. It was a rare bit of praise for a child overshadowed by whom?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father's friends.
(c) Her older brother.
(d) Her little brother.

7. Ruth relates the story of her mother's life as it was told to her by whom?
(a) Her counselor, Sharry.
(b) Her brother, Matt.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her Aunt Sid.

8. Unfortunately Ruth lost out on the spelling bee. How did May treat her?
(a) With disappointment.
(b) Thoughtfully.
(c) Cruelly.
(d) Carefully.

9. The marriage was a happy one, until what?
(a) May became pregnant.
(b) World War I began.
(c) Willard lost his job.
(d) World War II began.

10. May learned the tragic news on what day?
(a) The day her sister Marion got married.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) The day of their first anniversary.
(d) Her birthday.

11. Did May accept this news?
(a) Yes, but only at first.
(b) No, she refused it.
(c) Yes, she accepted it a couple days after she received the news.
(d) Yes, she accepted it.

12. Mrs. Foote's husband dies from what?
(a) His heart disease.
(b) His cancer.
(c) His liver disease.
(d) His kidney disease.

13. They would dance among what?
(a) Mops and brooms.
(b) Rose bushes.
(c) The piles of dirty clothes.
(d) The pots and pans.

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

15. Ruth takes a job where?
(a) At the Suds On 8th Avenue.
(b) At the Lucky Laundry.
(c) At the Trim 'N Tidy.
(d) At the Atlantis Super Wash Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruth would often catch bees and leave them where?

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

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

4. Matt often shone in school, actually skipping a grade. How did this affect Ruth?

5. Ruth remembers one Christmas when the Reverend at her church announced what?

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