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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. May, either intentionally or unintentionally, does not notice what about Ruth?
(a) Her changing body.
(b) Her changing confidence.
(c) Her changing intelligence.
(d) Her changing grades.

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

3. May was the oldest of ________ children and therefore had the burden of the chores placed on her shoulders.
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

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.
(a) Cow.
(b) Horse.
(c) Goat.
(d) Sheep.

5. As children they often played house together, but Matt had to be who?
(a) The father.
(b) The groom.
(c) The bride.
(d) The son.

6. Matt is Ruth's younger brother. He always did everything ____________ she did.
(a) Slower and worse than.
(b) Similar to how.
(c) The same as.
(d) Faster and better than.

7. Daisy wants to be what in Hollywood or New York?
(a) A model.
(b) A makeup artist.
(c) A movie star.
(d) A waitress.

8. As a child, May would often tell her sisters she was going to do what?
(a) Run away.
(b) Get married young.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Kill herself.

9. What does Ruth discover about herself?
(a) She is good at bowling.
(b) She is good at tennis.
(c) She is good at softball.
(d) She is good at basketball.

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

11. Some of the books are non-fiction, but many of them are classic literature, such as Charles Dickens' Bleak House and Jane Austen's _______________.
(a) Sense and Sensibility.
(b) Persuasion.
(c) Mansfield Park.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

12. On payday, Ruth hands her check over to May except for______ dollars which she puts away in a piggy bank.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Five.

13. What happened one afternoon when Ruth's father accidentally spilled ice cream on her head?
(a) Everyone ignored her.
(b) Everyone laughed at her.
(c) Everyone laughed together at that.
(d) Everyone became angry with him.

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

15. Ruth recalls a time when May suggested Ruth go to what?
(a) A party.
(b) A school dance.
(c) A movie.
(d) A concert.

Short Answer Questions

1. _________ years later Ruth was born and Matthew the following year.

2. At other times, Ruth reads snippets of the letters she receives from whom?

3. What could Ruth's teachers not help doing?

4. The marriage was a happy one, until what?

5. One evening around the fourth of July, Daisy takes Ruth to the lake. They steal a boat and paddle out to the middle of the lake where they run into who?

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