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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mrs. Hoover tell Tiny Fran to do?

2. What did Jack think Lonnie might will to him someday?

3. Who had Jack proposed to before Ruby?

4. What did Burr truly think of Tiny Fran?

5. After her first day of work in the Hoover house, what did Ruby come home to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ruby get mad at Jack the day she was diagnosed with cancer?

2. Why did Frances Hoover want Ruby to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?

3. What memory did Ruby recall when thinking of her diagnosis?

4. What was Jack's mother like?

5. What did Jack once think that Lonnie Hoover would give and didn't?

6. What is Jack's last memory of Ruby?

7. What was Jack's first impression of Ruby?

8. How did Jack plan to win Ruby over?

9. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?

10. Describe John's courting of Ruby and how he presented himself to her.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain your own definition of adulthood, whether it be an age, state of mind, acquisition of wisdom, etc. using characters from "A Virtuous Woman" as examples of your theories.

Essay Topic 2

After realizing her mistake for marrying John Woodrow, Ruby is too ashamed to return home. After waiting all night for Ruby's ghost to visit him, Jack is too ashamed to tell Burr and June why he is drinking in the morning and why the sheets are no longer on the bed. Explore these two character's feelings of shame and whether or not they are justified.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of death that occurs throughout the novel. How does death affect the various characters? How do some deaths, such as that of Burr's father, compare and contrast to Ruby's in how it affects their loved ones?

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