1. Who was she (1:3-4)? ( Moabites, descendent of Lot—Gen. 19:36-37; Neh. 13:1-3)
2. What was the name of her husband (4:10)?
   1. About how long were they married (1:4-5)?
   2. Who was her well-known mother-in-law (1:2)?
   3. What was her first sad experience (1:5a)?
3. Did Ruth return to her people, after her husband died (1:14)?
   1. Where did she want to go (1:16-17)?
   2. What was the supreme test of her faith in God (1:8, 9)?
4. When did Naomi and Ruth arrive in Bethlehem (1:22)?
   1. Where did Ruth want to go and why (2:2)?
   2. In whose field did she want to gather (2:3, Deut 24:19-22)?
   3. What instruction had God given to reapers of any field (Lev. 19:9, 10)?
   4. What did Boaz’ servants have to say of her (2:5-7)?
5. Boaz told Ruth to gather on his field only. What was her reaction (2:10)?
   1. How did she find favor with Boaz (2:11)?
   2. Who was to recompense Ruth for her deeds (2:12)?
6. Ruth was invited to eat with Boaz’s servants. For whom did she save food (2:18)?
   1. To whom did Ruth give report of all things that happened (2:19)?
   2. What did Naomi want to do for her daughter-in-law (3:1)?
   3. Did Ruth obey her words (3:2-5)?
   4. What did Ruth do (3:6-8)?
   5. How did Ruth identify herself (3:9)?
7. What did Boaz say that she was called by people and why (3:11)?
   1. Where did Ruth lie until morning (3:14a)?
   2. What did Boaz ask Ruth do, before light (3:14b)?
   3. What did Ruth tell Naomi upon her return (3:16-17)?
8. Who was purchased to be Boaz’ wife (4:13)?
9. At the gate of the city, how did Boaz seek to redeem the inheritance (4:1-5)?
   1. What prevented the nearest kinsman from redeeming it (4:6)?
   2. *Now tell how Boaz redeemed it (4:7-10).
   3. *Relate the law that governed this procedure (Deut. 25:5-10)?
   4. What benediction did the court pronounce upon Boaz (4:11, 12)?
10. What was said of Ruth by other women (4:15)?
11. What benediction is pronounced upon Naomi (4:14, 15)?
12. Name the son Ruth bore Boaz (4:17)?
    1. Whose grandfather was he (4:17)?
    2. In whose lineage was Obed (Matt. 1:5, 16)?

POINTS TO CONSIDER:

1. What do you think of Naomi as a mother-in-law?
2. What may be said of Ruth as a daughter-in-law (2:11; 4:15b)?
3. What do you think of her purity of life (3:10)?
4. What do you think of her willingness to work?
5. What does the Apostle Paul say of idle women (1 Tim. 5:13)?
6. Show how she was ever true to her immortal saying (1:16, 17).–Beth Johnson