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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After emptying the deep freezer, what does Jack eat?
(a) Burgers and fries.
(b) Whatever Burr cooks.
(c) Stir fry.
(d) Canned soup and cereal.

2. When did Ruby finally visit her parents?
(a) After she married Jack.
(b) When she got pregnant.
(c) She never did.
(d) After she turned 30.

3. Who has June been worried about running into in town?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Jack.
(c) Her mother, Tiny Fran.
(d) Roland.

4. When did Tiny Fran leave Burr?
(a) When Roland left home.
(b) When Ruby died.
(c) Never.
(d) After June left for college.

5. What finally landed Roland in jail?
(a) Public drunkeness.
(b) Rape.
(c) Mule murder.
(d) Burglary.

6. At the reception, what did Ruby joke about doing?
(a) Jack's penguin suit.
(b) Poisoning Frances Hoover.
(c) Tiny Fran's dress.
(d) Tiny Fran's virginity.

7. Who was miserable when Burr's family went to the beach with Jack and Ruby?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Jack.
(c) Burr.
(d) June.

8. When was the happiest week of Ruby's life?
(a) When June stayed with her and Jack for an entire week.
(b) When Jack proposed to her.
(c) When Tiny Fran died.
(d) The week John Woodrow died.

9. When Ruby was a child, who really did all the work around the house?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Sudie Bee.

10. Why did Ruby cry during the beach vacation?
(a) She was homesick.
(b) She was angry at Burr.
(c) She hated Tiny Fran.
(d) She cried for the babies she couldn't have.

11. At the end of the story, what does Jack put on for Ruby?
(a) Clean underwear.
(b) Christmas pajamas and two-tone shoes.
(c) Cologne.
(d) New overalls.

12. Who was the best man at Burr's wedding?
(a) Lonnie.
(b) Roland.
(c) John.
(d) Jack.

13. What is the first real meal that Jack tries to make after Ruby's death?
(a) Garlic chicken.
(b) Steak.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Turduckin.

14. What does Jack say instead of "haunt"?
(a) Ghost.
(b) Haint.
(c) Haunter.
(d) Spook.

15. After finding out that John Woodrow was in the hospital, what did Ruby decide to do about the predicament?
(a) Raise money to pay the doctors.
(b) Ignore it.
(c) Pray.
(d) Poison John so he wouldn't live.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Burr think Jack has taken the sheets off the bed?

2. What did Burr give Tiny Fran to leave?

3. What did Tiny Fran fail to inform June about?

4. When did Ruby feel pleased with herself in Chapter 8?

5. What did Ruby say she would do to Jack if he ever stepped out of line?

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