2. How did John Woodrow plan to buy a house?
(a) By building one himself.
(b) By asking Ruby's father for her portion of her inheritance early.
(c) By gambling.
(d) By saving.

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

4. What was Jack's mother like?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Kind and gentle.
(c) Tough and strong.
(d) Indifferent.

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

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

7. What does Jack say are the two things that carry on after you die?
(a) The world and universe.
(b) Love and freedom.
(c) Land and children.
(d) Friends and relatives.

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

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

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

11. What is Ruby's bad habit?
(a) Cursing.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Recklessness.

12. Who is the narrator of Chapter 2?
(a) Jack.
(b) June.
(c) Burr.
(d) Ruby.

13. How important was land to Jack?
(a) He didn't know.
(b) Very important.
(c) Not at all.
(d) He was ambivalent.

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

15. What was Ruby's upbringing like?
(a) She lived on the streets.
(b) She was neglected.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Sheltered, but loving.