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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After finding her husband with another woman, what did Ruby do?
(a) Bought a pistol.
(b) Attacked her husband.
(c) Filed for divorce.
(d) Freaked out.

2. How does Jack feel about Ruby after she has passed?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He is glad she is gone.
(c) He doesn't know she's dead.
(d) He loves and misses her.

3. What does Jack think of Ruby's dying request?
(a) It is reasonable.
(b) It is disgusting.
(c) It is selfish.
(d) It is impossible.

4. After lunching in the Pitt's house, where did the migrant workers eat lunch afterward?
(a) Outside.
(b) At the diner.
(c) In the house.
(d) In their cabins.

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

6. Why did John Woodrow call Ruby a profane name?
(a) She wrecked their car.
(b) She called him a jerk.
(c) She made him look bad.
(d) Because she wouldn't ask her father for money.

7. What did Mrs. Hoover tell Tiny Fran to do?
(a) Wash her hair.
(b) Help Ruby clean.
(c) Make lunch.
(d) Sit and rest.

8. How did meeting Ruby change Jack's life?
(a) It made him sad.
(b) It made him angry.
(c) It defined his life; he became a man.
(d) It made him go crazy.

9. How old was Jack when his mother died?
(a) Six.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Seven.

10. Who was Ruby's first husband?
(a) Burr.
(b) John Woodrow.
(c) Jack Stokes.
(d) Lonnie Hoover.

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

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

13. What did Burr truly think of Tiny Fran?
(a) She was beautiful.
(b) She was the love of his life.
(c) She was ugly.
(d) She was promiscuous.

14. When Ruby is in her coffin, what does Jack do?
(a) Hides her ashy fingers.
(b) Fixes her make-up.
(c) Knocks over the casket.
(d) Gives her a kiss.

15. What did Jack's mother never do?
(a) Work.
(b) Bake pies.
(c) Dance.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first woman Jack ever really loved?

2. Where did Jack first see Ruby?

3. Who gave Jack a gun?

4. What was Ruby's upbringing like?

5. What was Jack's mother like?

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