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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Ruby sew for June?
(a) A quilt.
(b) Skirts for a cruise.
(c) Curtains.
(d) Aprons.
2. At the reception, what did Ruby joke about doing?
(a) Jack's penguin suit.
(b) Tiny Fran's dress.
(c) Tiny Fran's virginity.
(d) Poisoning Frances Hoover.
3. How often has Jack mentioned the lie that Ruby told him when they first met?
(a) Only on their anniversary.
(b) Never.
(c) Every day.
(d) Sometimes.
4. After two months, why does Jack finally wash the sheets?
(a) For Ruby.
(b) They smelled bad.
(c) For Mavis.
(d) He wet the bed.
5. Who married Tiny Fran and Burr?
(a) A "civil somebody".
(b) A minister.
(c) The preacher.
(d) A judge.
6. What does the housekeeper spend the first day doing?
(a) Mowing the grass.
(b) Filling the deep freezer with food.
(c) Scrubbing the floor.
(d) Lounging and nursing a sore knee.
7. What did Jack and Ruby used to think about people who babied their pets?
(a) It was laughable.
(b) They didn't care.
(c) They were envious.
(d) It made sense.
8. After Ruby's ghost doesn't visit him, what does Jack do the next day?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Drink and watch cartoons.
(c) Call Mavis.
(d) Pray.
9. Why did Jack think that he and Ruby could not have children?
(a) They never tried hard enough.
(b) It was his fault.
(c) It was Ruby's fault.
(d) It was not in God's plan.
10. When Jack first met Ruby, what was he hauling across the yard?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Manure.
(d) Corn.
11. Who attended his father's funeral with Burr?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Lonnie.
(d) Jack.
12. Who did Tiny Fran blame for the way Roland turned out?
(a) Society.
(b) June.
(c) Herself.
(d) Burr.
13. On her second day of work at the Hoover house, what did Ruby fear Tiny Fran would associate her with?
(a) The other migrant women.
(b) Jack.
(c) Her husband and the migrants her father had to bail out of jail.
(d) The town gossip.
14. When was the happiest week of Ruby's life?
(a) When Jack proposed to her.
(b) The week John Woodrow died.
(c) When Tiny Fran died.
(d) When June stayed with her and Jack for an entire week.
15. What did Ruby lie to Jack about when they first met?
(a) The fact that she was married.
(b) Her family history.
(c) That she was traveling with the migrants doing research.
(d) Her name.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was supposed to watch the mule while Jack and Ruby were away?
2. Where did Ruby hide a gun?
3. When did Ruby feel pleased with herself in Chapter 8?
4. What was the real reason Cecil came to visit?
5. How did the mule die?
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