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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ruby have to teach herself to do?
(a) Hitch a mule.
(b) Fold napkins.
(c) Sleep with her eyes open.
(d) Cook.

2. After John's death, why didn't Ruby go back to her family's farm?
(a) She hated it there.
(b) Her parents wouldn't have her.
(c) She was ashamed.
(d) She couldn't remember where it was.

3. What did Jack admire about Ruby?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her hands.
(c) Her meaness.
(d) Her ability to overcome her first marriage.

4. How much older than Ruby was Jack?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) They were the same age.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) One year.

5. Who had Jack proposed to before Ruby?
(a) Every girl in town.
(b) June.
(c) Tiny Fran.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had to bail the migrant workers out of jail in the middle of the night?

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

3. How did Ruby meet John Woodrow?

4. Initially, how did Ruby perceive John Woodrow?

5. Why was Ruby told to clean the Hoover house so thoroughly?

(see the answer key)

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