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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On Ruby's first day of work, what did Tiny Fran do that Ruby found appalling?
(a) Slapped her mother.
(b) Vomited on the floor.
(c) Left the house.
(d) Helped Ruby clean.

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

3. What is Ruby's bad habit?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Recklessness.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Cursing.

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

5. Who gave Jack a gun?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Ruby.
(c) John.
(d) Burr.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ruby die?

2. What did Jack do when his father died?

3. Before John, what was the worst thing to happen to Ruby?

4. After her first day of work in the Hoover house, what did Ruby come home to?

5. What does Jack say are the two things that carry on after you die?

(see the answer key)

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