True/False
1. Ruby's mother's name is also Ruby.
Answer: True
2. Ruby's father left when she was ten.
Answer: False, five
3. Gervais tutored in calculus.
Answer: True
4. The reason Cora and Jamie had so much money was because Jamie founded a multimillion dollar website.
Answer: True
5. Inspired by Ruby, Harriet made many bracelets with keys on them.
Answer: False, necklaces
6. Ruby found out about Nate's father on Christmas.
Answer: False, Thanksgiving
7. Olivia worked at the local movie theater.
Answer: True
8. The man with the vitamin kiosk nect to Harriet's jewelry kiosk was named Robert.
Answer: False, Reggie
9. Cora and Jamie had their first date on Thanksgiving.
Answer: True
10. Nate's father's company was named Rest Assured.
Answer: True
Multiple Choice
1. Olivia's cousin was training for a-
A. Marathon
B. Lift-a-thon
C. Relay
D. Triathalon
Answer: A, marathon
2. What did Gervais want in exchange for tutoring Ruby?
A. Money
B. Free rides to school
C. Olivia's friendship
D. Nothing
Answer: C, Olivia's friendship
3. Cora and Jamie's dog was named-
A. Rowdy
B. Roscoe
C. Ronny
D. Roger
Answer: B, Roscoe
4. Who was Olivia always talking to on the phone?
A. Her cousin
B. Her mother
C. Her boyfriend
D. Her sister
Answer: A, her cousin
5. What was Ruby's English project topic?
A. Money
B. Advice
C. Jealousy
D. Family
Answer: D, family
6. What was Nate's life motto?
A. Don't sink
B. You swim
C. Float away
D. Dive in
Anwer: B, You swim
7. What was the name of the website Jamie founded?
A. UMe
B. Us
C. Me&You
D. We
Answer: A, UMe
8. How was Peyton betraying Ruby?
A. Selling her things
B. Stealing her work
C. Cheating with her boyfriend
D. Telling lies about her
Answer: C, cheating with her boyfriend
9. What kind of fish did Ruby pick out to be hers?
A. Koi
B. Goldfish
C. Beta
D. Seahorse
Answer: A, koi
10. Thanks to Gervais, what grade did Ruby make on her calculus test?
A. 93
B. 95
C. 90
D. 91
Answer: D, 91
Short Answer
1. Why did Ruby not like Gervais?
Answer: Because he was annoying. Always getting on her nerves, making rude comments and burping loudly.
2. How did Nate and Ruby meet?
Answer: The first night Ruby stayed with Cora after being taken in by child services, she tried to run away. She tried to jump over the fence connected with Nate's yard, but Jamie caught her. Nate, who was swimming in his pool at the time, covered for Ruby.
3. Why was Ruby so upset with Cora at the beginning?
Answer: Because Ruby thought that after Cora left, she never tried to contact Ruby again. She thought Cora had abandoned her, when really it was their mother keeping Cora away from Ruby.
4. How were Harriet and Ruby similar?
Answer: Both of them thought that they could make it on their own, without friends or family or anything. They thought dependency showed weakness. Throughout the book, they both realized they were wrong.
5. Why did Nate and Ruby break up?
Answer: Because Nate's father was abusing him, Ruby worried about Nate constantly. But Nate always refused her help, saying that things were OK. In the end, Ruby said she cared about him too much to watch him fall apart, so she left.
6. When did Olivia and Ruby become friends?
Answer: Ruby told Olivia the girl's name whom Olivia's boyfriend was cheating with, and Olivia said that she owed her for that. So later, Olivia helped Ruby skip school, and then possibly saved her life by sending Nate to rescue her. They were friends ever since.
7. Where did Ruby find Nate after he ran away?
Answer: In the high-tech, abandoned apartment of one of Nate's father's clients.
8. How was Jamie able to get Ruby into the Perkins Day School?
Answer: Jamie had gone to the school himself, and when he became a millionare he donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the school. So, of course, the headmaster had a soft spot for him.
9. How did Cora and Jamie meet?
Answer: They met in college, when Jamie was playing his guitar outside of Cora's dorm building, and she opened the window to yell at him.
10. Why didn't Ruby name her fish?
Answer: She didn't want to get attached to it, because she thought it was just going to die soon after she got it.
