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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a young woman, what was Ruby's most prized possession?
(a) Her cat.
(b) A diamond necklace.
(c) Fancy lingerie.
(d) Her car.

2. What did John do that was the last straw for Ruby?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Cheated.
(c) Lied.
(d) Gambled.

3. After Ruby found out her husband was injured, what did Jack offer her?
(a) Help if she needed it.
(b) A ride back to the Pitt farm.
(c) Money.
(d) His hand in marriage.

4. When John Woodrow was in the hospital, what did the other migrants think Ruby should do?
(a) Ignore him.
(b) Run away.
(c) Go see John in the hospital.
(d) Pull the plug.

5. On her second day of work at the Hoover house, what did Ruby fear Tiny Fran would associate her with?
(a) The town gossip.
(b) The other migrant women.
(c) Her husband and the migrants her father had to bail out of jail.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Ruby chosen to work in the Hoover house?

2. Why did Lonnie want Tiny Fran to get married?

3. Who informed Ruby of John's death?

4. When Ruby is in her coffin, what does Jack do?

5. At the reception, what did Ruby joke about doing?

(see the answer key)

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