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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they had lunch in the Pitt's house, what did the migrant workers do?
(a) Cleaned up after themselves.
(b) Made a mess, broke all the dishes, and stopped up the sink.
(c) Thanked Mrs. Pitt.
(d) Stayed for dinner afterward.

2. 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 smoked.
(c) She smelled nice.
(d) She was short.

3. What was Jack's father like?
(a) Mean.
(b) Abusive.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Religious.

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

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

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

7. How could Jack tell Ruby was not a typical migrant worker?
(a) She spoke with a French accent.
(b) He knew her family.
(c) By her smooth skin.
(d) He knew all the other migrants and had never seen her.

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

9. What did Jack admire about Ruby?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her ability to overcome her first marriage.
(c) Her hands.
(d) Her meaness.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Ruby do for Jack before she dies?
(a) Makes the bed.
(b) Fills the deep freezer with food.
(c) Drinks with him.
(d) Does his laundry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?

2. How does Ruby die?

3. Why did Lonnie ask Burr to marry Tiny Fran?

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

5. After her first day of work in the Hoover house, what did Ruby come home to?

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