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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finally the baby comes after how many hours of labor?
(a) Eight.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Four.

2. The first few months of marriage are ___________.
(a) Exciting.
(b) Annoying.
(c) Easy going.
(d) Difficult.

3. Why is Ruth's idea dropped?
(a) Ruby decides he does not want to go.
(b) Ruby finds a new job.
(c) Ruby becomes very ill.
(d) Ruby gets hit by a car and messes up his leg.

4. How do Ruth and Ruby spend all their free time together?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Going on long walks.
(c) Going out to nice dinners.
(d) Going to bars and drinking in dark, secluded places.

5. What does Ruth pick Daisy to be?
(a) Her roommate.
(b) Her bridesmaid.
(c) Her legal guardian.
(d) Her best friend.

6. Ruth wants to take Justin and disappear where?
(a) Texas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Somewhere.
(d) California.

7. Ruth finally takes this opportunity to tell Aunt Sid what?
(a) How unhappy she is.
(b) How much she loves her and how the letters Sid sent to her all those years ago saved her life.
(c) How horrible her home life is.
(d) How she is planning to run away.

8. May thinks she is the expert on what?
(a) Cleaning.
(b) Babies.
(c) Organizing.
(d) Cooking.

9. Ruth recalls this as what?
(a) The most unusual time of her life.
(b) The scariest time of her life.
(c) The best time of her life.
(d) The worst time of her life.

10. Daisy comes to Ruth and tells her what about Ruby?
(a) He is not interested in her.
(b) He is not a good person.
(c) He really likes her.
(d) He is stupid.

11. That Christmas Eve Ruth remembers as what?
(a) An okay day.
(b) No different than any other day.
(c) One of the best times in her marriage.
(d) One of the worst times in her marriage.

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

13. Why does May become upset when Ruby insists on a certain type of fruit?
(a) She does not like it when he gets his way.
(b) She has to pay for them.
(c) She does not like that type of fruit.
(d) She is allergic to that fruit.

14. Ruby's mother was an alcoholic and fell asleep with Ruby where?
(a) In the bathtub.
(b) In a swing.
(c) In the hot sun.
(d) In the car.

15. Ruth and Ruby spend the first three months of the baby's life where?
(a) In their bedroom.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) In a hotel.
(d) At home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruth tells Ruby's story as his counselor ________ told it to her.

2. May and Ruth work while Ruby does what?

3. Why does May insist they all go back to work?

4. Ruth decides she and Ruby should do what?

5. Ruby leaves the house and Ruth learns hours later that he did what?

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