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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ruth learns what about herself?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is not smart.
(c) She married the wrong man.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

3. Ruby comes to Ruth and apologizes, promising what?
(a) To never talk to her again.
(b) To never go on a date with her again.
(c) To never force himself on her again.
(d) To never come near her again.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. May then spends the entire night complaining about what?

3. Ruth does what to May for the first time?

4. One Saturday, later in that winter, Ruby brings home a coon's tail he found and he and Ruth use it how?

5. Ruth names the baby what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does May's attitude toward Ruth begin to change?

2. How does Ruth feel about getting married?

3. What job does Ruby finally get?

4. What is happening during this time in Ruby's life?

5. How do Ruby and Ruth celebrate their marriage?

6. How do Ruth and Ruby feel at the birthing class?

7. Describe Ruth's labor and delivery.

8. What happens at the beginning of Chapter 16?

9. Describe the first few months after Justin's birth.

10. What time does Ruth remember as one of the best times in her marriage?

(see the answer keys)

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