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A Virtuous Woman Quiz

Kaye Gibbons
This Study Guide consists of approximately 63 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of A Virtuous Woman.

A Virtuous Woman Quiz

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1)

After finding her husband with another woman, what did Ruby do? (from Chapters 5-6)

Freaked out.
Filed for divorce.
Attacked her husband.
Bought a pistol.
2)

In Chapter 16, how can June's age be classified? (from Chapters 14-16)

A baby.
A young adult.
An old lady.
A little kid.
3)

What often happened in the Hoover house that Lonnie did not know about? (from Chapter 7)

The way Tiny Fran smacked around and treated Frances.
Frances was having an affair in his house.
Burr visited Tiny Fran.
Tiny Fran burned the dinner three nights a week.
4)

Why did Frances want Ruby to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding? (from Chapters 5-6)

No one else would do it.
Frances wanted Ruby and her daughter to be friends.
Ruby asked if she could help out.
She liked the idea of having a white servant.
5)

Would Jack have turned down Tiny Fran if she had been offered to him? (from Chapter 7)

He hadn't thought about it.
He already did.
Probably not.
Yes.
6)

After finding out that John Woodrow was in the hospital, what did Ruby decide to do about the predicament? (from Chapter 8)

Raise money to pay the doctors.
Ignore it.
Poison John so he wouldn't live.
Pray.
7)

Who narrates Chapter 16? (from Chapters 14-16)

Jack.
Cecil.
Ruby.
It is a third person omniscient narrator.
8)

Who has June been worried about running into in town? (from Chapters 14-16)

Jack.
Roland.
Her mother, Tiny Fran.
Mavis.
9)

Who had to bail the migrant workers out of jail in the middle of the night? (from Chapter 8)

John Woodrow.
Jack.
Ruby.
Lonnie.
10)

How did Lonnie deal with problems? (from Chapter 7)

He laughed off his troubles.
He ignored them.
Quietly, but with sense.
With rage.
11)

Why did Jack think that he and Ruby could not have children? (from Chapter 11)

It was not in God's plan.
They never tried hard enough.
It was Ruby's fault.
It was his fault.
12)

What did Ruby have to teach herself to do? (from Chapter 8)

Cook.
Fold napkins.
Hitch a mule.
Sleep with her eyes open.
13)

Why didn't Jack want someone else's property? (from Chapter 7)

He didn't want to own anything.
He didn't want what he didn't know.
No one ever offered him property.
He only wanted property in Florida.
14)

How does Jack's first solo meal turn out? (from Chapters 12-13)

Raw and awful.
He burns it.
The book doesn't say.
Perfect.
15)

What did serving at Tiny Fran's wedding make Ruby think of? (from Chapters 5-6)

A fancy dinner.
Her own sorry wedding.
Her hatred for Tiny Fran.
Sudie Bee scolding a servant for sticking his fingers in the cake.
16)

How was June not ruined? (from Chapter 11)

Ruby, Jack and Burr would step in on her behalf.
June never knew Roland.
June went to boarding school.
June never knew Tiny Fran.
17)

What is the first real meal that Jack tries to make after Ruby's death? (from Chapters 12-13)

Garlic chicken.
Turduckin.
Spaghetti.
Steak.
18)

What did Tiny Fran fail to inform June about? (from Chapters 9-10)

Acne treatments.
How babies are made.
Menstruation.
Bra sizing.
19)

What worried Ruby the most about dying? (from Chapters 14-16)

If she would go to hell.
What Jack would do.
If she would go to heaven.
Where her soul would travel.
20)

In Chapter 16, who does Jack forget is coming to his house? (from Chapters 14-16)

Mavis.
Burr and June.
Cecil.
Tiny Fran.
21)

What is Jack's physique? (from Chapter 8)

Muscular.
Short and round.
Bulky.
Skinny.
22)

When did Ruby start taking pictures of June? (from Chapters 9-10)

After the pictures of the dogs came out so ridiculously.
After she realized she didn't have any.
After June asked her to.
After the pictures of the cats came out so ridiculously.
23)

As a child, who did Ruby think would always be around to help her around the house? (from Chapter 8)

Her children.
Her husband.
Sudie Bee.
Her mother.
24)

Who was miserable when Burr's family went to the beach with Jack and Ruby? (from Chapter 11)

Jack.
June.
Tiny Fran.
Burr.
25)

Who interrupted Jack and Ruby's first conversation? (from Chapters 5-6)

Tiny Fran.
John Woodrow.
June.
A migrant worker.
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