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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could Jack tell Ruby was not a typical migrant worker?
(a) He knew her family.
(b) He knew all the other migrants and had never seen her.
(c) She spoke with a French accent.
(d) By her smooth skin.

2. When recalling her diagnosis, what does Ruby think of?
(a) Her funeral.
(b) Her grandmother's death.
(c) Her father's death.
(d) Her unhappy life.

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

4. What does Ruby wish she could change?
(a) Her whole life.
(b) Her marriage.
(c) Her diagnosis and the way she handled Jack that day.
(d) Her name.

5. Why did Frances want Ruby to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?
(a) Ruby asked if she could help out.
(b) No one else would do it.
(c) She liked the idea of having a white servant.
(d) Frances wanted Ruby and her daughter to be friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young woman, what was Ruby's most prized possession?

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

3. How does Jack feel about Ruby after she has passed?

4. Why did Jack feel that Lonnie was partially responsible for his father's death?

5. What did Jack's mother never do?

(see the answer key)

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