3. This is the only time in which the four of them could do what?
(a) Get away from each other.
(b) Agree on something.
(c) Sit together peacefully.
(d) Relax.

4. Why does May insist they all go back to work?
(a) When the bills get tight.
(b) When Justin is sleeping through the night.
(c) When she becomes tired of them at home.
(d) When she tires of doing all the work.

5. Tensions begin to grow again as what happens?
(a) Ruby gets fired.
(b) May grows bored with Justin.
(c) Justin ages.
(d) Ruby begins using drugs.

6. A few weeks later, May and Ruby fight about what?
(a) His drug use.
(b) The birdhouses.
(c) The paintings.
(d) The guitars.

7. That summer and fall, Ruth, May, Ruby, and Justin begin to go where?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To church.
(c) On vacations.
(d) To the park.

8. Ruth tells Ruby's story as his counselor ________ told it to her.
(a) Jane.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Mary.
(d) Sherry.

9. On her wedding day, Ruth wears what?
(a) The same dress May wore to marry Ruth's father.
(b) The same dress May wore to marry Willard Jenson.
(c) Her best dress.
(d) A simple dress.

10. Ruth often misses work to deal with what?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) The baby.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Her mother.

11. What do Ruby and May think of this idea?
(a) They do not like it.
(b) They think it might be a good idea.
(c) They like it.
(d) They do not really think anything about this idea.

12. When Ruby was revived, his mother promised to what?
(a) Never touch him again.
(b) Never allow harm to come to him again.
(c) Never allow anyone to come near him again.
(d) Never drink again.

13. What does May think of Ruth's idea?
(a) She thinks nothing of it.
(b) She believes it is a horrible idea.
(c) She is unhappy with it.
(d) She is happy with it.

14. The following January, Ruby gets a job running ________________ that parks in the grocery store parking lot twice a month.
(a) The recycling truck.
(b) The icecream truck.
(c) The delivery truck.
(d) The dump truck.

15. What does Ruth decide to do for a few days?
(a) Search for a new job.
(b) Stay at her Aunt Sid's.
(c) Travel around the state.
(d) Live on her own.