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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?
(a) June.
(b) Jack.
(c) John Woodrow.
(d) Tiny Fran.

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

3. Why did Lonnie ask Burr to marry Tiny Fran?
(a) Burr loved Tiny Fran.
(b) Tiny Fran had her eye on Burr.
(c) No one else would ask her.
(d) Tiny Fran was pregnant.

4. How does Ruby react to Jack's thoughts on her diagnosis?
(a) She leaves the room.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She cries and yells at him.
(d) She laughs.

5. What did Ruby want to do to John Woodrow, but never got the chance?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Tell him she loved him.
(c) Kick him.
(d) Divorce him.

6. Before John, what was the worst thing to happen to Ruby?
(a) Her father beat her up once.
(b) She was raped.
(c) She was kidnapped.
(d) Her grandmother died.

7. How does Jack react to Ruby's diagnosis?
(a) He accepts that she will die soon.
(b) He doesn't think she will die.
(c) He vows to keep her alive.
(d) He is indifferent.

8. What does Jack think that he will die with that will carry on?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The world.
(c) Love.
(d) Friends.

9. What did Jack like about Ruby when he first met her?
(a) She wasn't flirty with him; they had a real conversation.
(b) She smelled nice.
(c) She smoked.
(d) She was short.

10. What did Burr tell Lonnie he thought of Tiny Fran?
(a) She was his dream woman.
(b) He was in love with her.
(c) He hated her.
(d) He liked her ok.

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

12. Who informed Ruby of John's death?
(a) A migrant worker.
(b) Tiny Fran.
(c) Burr.
(d) Jack.

13. After her first day of work in the Hoover house, what did Ruby come home to?
(a) John Woodrow and a young girl who was wearing her lingerie.
(b) John Woodrow and a young girl who was wearing her diamonds.
(c) John Woodrow beating another woman.
(d) John Woodrow making dinner with another woman.

14. Who hated Ruby?
(a) Jack.
(b) June.
(c) Tiny Fran.
(d) Burr.

15. How did Jack's father die?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) Suicide.
(c) In a tractor accident.
(d) Natural causes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Tiny Fran's physique best be described?

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

3. When recalling her diagnosis, what does Ruby think of?

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

5. Who was Ruby's first husband?

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