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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby realize a dying person needs?
(a) To be told everything is going to be ok.
(b) To be held and confronted with reality, not empty consolation.
(c) Lots of food.
(d) Fun.

2. What did Ruby do that Jack loved?
(a) Danced.
(b) Baked pies.
(c) Scrubbed the floor.
(d) Sang.

3. Where did Ruby and John finally land?
(a) At a house in town.
(b) The Hoover farm.
(c) In Canada.
(d) Back at the Pitt farm.

4. Who thought it was a bad idea to let the migrants in the Pitt's house for lunch?
(a) Sudie Bee.
(b) John Woodrow.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Lonnie Hoover.

5. At the beginning of the story, where has Jack been getting his food from for the past few months?
(a) Burr's refrigerator.
(b) The store.
(c) The deep freezer.
(d) He cooks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John do that was the last straw for Ruby?

2. What did Ruby think of when Jack shot his gun?

3. When recalling her diagnosis, what does Ruby think of?

4. Who hated Ruby?

5. After John's death, why didn't Ruby go back to her family's farm?

(see the answer key)

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