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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ruby say scares a man?
(a) The thought of cooking for himself.
(b) Having to re-marry.
(c) A sick woman who was once strong.
(d) Spiders.

2. Why was Ruby angry about having to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?
(a) She resented being the prized white servant.
(b) She hated weddings.
(c) She wanted to sleep in that day.
(d) She hated Tiny Fran.

3. 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.

4. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?
(a) Her father made her do it.
(b) Her mother told her to.
(c) He was the first to ask and she didn't have the sense to say "No."
(d) She had known him all her life and really loved him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After lunching in the Pitt's house, where did the migrant workers eat lunch afterward?

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

3. What did Ruby want to do to John Woodrow, but never got the chance?

4. What did serving at Tiny Fran's wedding make Ruby think of?

5. At the beginning of the story, where has Jack been getting his food from for the past few months?

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