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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) Attacked her husband.
(b) Bought a pistol.
(c) Filed for divorce.
(d) Freaked out.

2. 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 diamonds.
(b) John Woodrow beating another woman.
(c) John Woodrow making dinner with another woman.
(d) John Woodrow and a young girl who was wearing her lingerie.

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

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

5. Why did Jack feel that Lonnie was partially responsible for his father's death?
(a) Lonnie owned the gun that killed Jack's father.
(b) Lonnie murdered him.
(c) Lonnie worked Jack's father to death.
(d) His father was driving the tractor at Lonnie's request.

6. Would Jack have turned down Tiny Fran if she had been offered to him?
(a) He already did.
(b) Yes.
(c) Probably not.
(d) He hadn't thought about it.

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

8. How much older than Ruby was Jack?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) They were the same age.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) One year.

9. What happened on John and Ruby's wedding night?
(a) They had a romantic evening.
(b) They got in a car wreck.
(c) John ripped Ruby's clothing, pawed at her, and hurt her.
(d) Ruby left John.

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

11. What did Ruby think of when Jack shot his gun?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) John Woodrow.
(c) June.
(d) Murderers.

12. Who thought it was a bad idea to let the migrants in the Pitt's house for lunch?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Lonnie Hoover.
(c) John Woodrow.
(d) Sudie Bee.

13. Who is the narrator of Chapter 1?
(a) Jack.
(b) Ruby.
(c) John Woodrow.
(d) Burr.

14. Why didn't Jack want someone else's property?
(a) He didn't want what he didn't know.
(b) He didn't want to own anything.
(c) He only wanted property in Florida.
(d) No one ever offered him property.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ruby's upbringing like?

2. What did serving at Tiny Fran's wedding make Ruby think of?

3. What did Jack do when his father died?

4. How did John Woodrow plan to buy a house?

5. What does Jack think of Ruby's dying request?

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