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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why was Ruby angry about having to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?
(a) She hated Tiny Fran.
(b) She hated weddings.
(c) She wanted to sleep in that day.
(d) She resented being the prized white servant.

3. Where did Jack first see Ruby?
(a) At the movies.
(b) In her house.
(c) In the barn.
(d) Under a pecan tree at the Hoover's.

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

5. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?
(a) Her father made her do it.
(b) She had known him all her life and really loved him.
(c) Her mother told her to.
(d) He was the first to ask and she didn't have the sense to say "No."

6. Did Jack think that Burr truly had a choice in marrying Tiny Fran?
(a) He wasn't sure.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

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

8. How did Lonnie deal with problems?
(a) With rage.
(b) Quietly, but with sense.
(c) He laughed off his troubles.
(d) He ignored them.

9. Before they were married, what did Ruby tell Jack she wanted him to do?
(a) Take care of her.
(b) Plant potatoes.
(c) Move to Florida.
(d) Buy her a car.

10. Who had Jack proposed to before Ruby?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) June.
(c) No one.
(d) Every girl in town.

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

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

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

14. How would Tiny Fran's physique best be described?
(a) Plump and pregnant.
(b) Skinny.
(c) Muscular.
(d) Tiny.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?

3. What did Ruby want to do to John Woodrow, but never got the chance?

4. Why did Frances want Ruby to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?

5. Why did Burr agree to marry Tiny Fran?

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