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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ruby lie to Jack about when they first met?
(a) That she was traveling with the migrants doing research.
(b) The fact that she was married.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her family history.

2. What did Jack and Ruby used to think about people who babied their pets?
(a) They didn't care.
(b) They were envious.
(c) It made sense.
(d) It was laughable.

3. When did Ruby feel pleased with herself in Chapter 8?
(a) When she went to sleep at night.
(b) When she hugged Jack.
(c) When her bread rose.
(d) When she sewed.

4. Why didn't Jack and Ruby adopt any children?
(a) They wanted their own.
(b) They weren't allowed to do so.
(c) They didn't actually want kids.
(d) They had June in their lives.

5. What worried Ruby the most about dying?
(a) If she would go to heaven.
(b) Where her soul would travel.
(c) What Jack would do.
(d) If she would go to hell.

6. Who did Jack blame for the way Roland turned out?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) June.
(c) Burr.
(d) Society.

7. What did Burr give Tiny Fran to leave?
(a) An apartment in town.
(b) Money to buy out her half of the farm.
(c) A kick in the pants.
(d) A car.

8. Who killed the mule?
(a) Burr.
(b) Roland.
(c) Nature.
(d) Nobody knows.

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

10. Who married Tiny Fran and Burr?
(a) A "civil somebody".
(b) A judge.
(c) A minister.
(d) The preacher.

11. Who had to bail the migrant workers out of jail in the middle of the night?
(a) Lonnie.
(b) John Woodrow.
(c) Jack.
(d) Ruby.

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

13. At the end of the book, what does Burr give Jack?
(a) A birthday card.
(b) A new wife.
(c) Land.
(d) A room in his house.

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

15. Who is the only person Tiny Fran ever "loved"?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Roland.
(c) June.
(d) Burr.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what does Jack pretend to do when visitors come to his house?

2. What is Jack's physique?

3. What is the first real meal that Jack tries to make after Ruby's death?

4. What does Jack say instead of "haunt"?

5. Who does Jack hire as a housekeeper?

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