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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ruby and John get married?
(a) In Las Vegas.
(b) At Ruby's family farm.
(c) In a church.
(d) They eloped.

2. Why was Ruby chosen to work in the Hoover house?
(a) No one else wanted to.
(b) She volunteered.
(c) She didn't look like she had the gall to steal anything.
(d) John set it up for her.

3. Why was Ruby told to clean the Hoover house so thoroughly?
(a) In preparation for Tiny Fran's wedding.
(b) Mrs. Hoover was anal retentive.
(c) The governor was coming to dinner.
(d) It was filthy.

4. Initially, how did Ruby perceive John Woodrow?
(a) Old and decrepit.
(b) Shady.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Handsome and romantic, like a movie star.

5. How does Jack feel about Ruby after she has passed?
(a) He loves and misses her.
(b) He is glad she is gone.
(c) He doesn't know she's dead.
(d) He is indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ruby's dying request?

3. Who gave Jack a gun?

4. Why did John Woodrow call Ruby a profane name?

5. What does Ruby say scares a man?

(see the answer key)

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