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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who attended his father's funeral with Burr?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Jack.
(d) Lonnie.

3. As a child, who did Ruby think would always be around to help her around the house?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her children.
(c) Sudie Bee.
(d) Her husband.

4. Who did Ruby test recipes on?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Lonnie.
(c) Jack.
(d) June.

5. What did Ruby have to teach herself to do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Hitch a mule.
(c) Sleep with her eyes open.
(d) Fold napkins.

6. On her second day of work at the Hoover house, what did Ruby fear Tiny Fran would associate her with?
(a) Her husband and the migrants her father had to bail out of jail.
(b) Jack.
(c) The town gossip.
(d) The other migrant women.

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

8. What does Burr's gift do for Jack?
(a) Give him companionship.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Give him something to live for.
(d) It gives Jack a hobby.

9. What did Ruby say she would do to Jack if he ever stepped out of line?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Love him to death.
(c) Cut off his legs.
(d) Poison him.

10. What did Jack and Ruby believe happens to a person's spirit when they die?
(a) They will cease to exist.
(b) Their spirit will leave the body and do as it pleases.
(c) They will go to hell.
(d) They will go to heaven.

11. When Jack first met Ruby, what was he hauling across the yard?
(a) Manure.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Corn.

12. When did Jack and Ruby realize that babying animals is ridiculous?
(a) After they became the town joke.
(b) After they saw the pictures of themselves dressing up the dogs.
(c) When Burr told them so.
(d) After they saw the pictures of themselves dressing up the cats.

13. When John Woodrow was in the hospital, what did the other migrants think Ruby should do?
(a) Go see John in the hospital.
(b) Run away.
(c) Ignore him.
(d) Pull the plug.

14. Other than Jack, who did Ruby attribute her happiness to?
(a) June.
(b) Burr.
(c) Tiny Fran.
(d) Her mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After emptying the deep freezer, what does Jack eat?

2. What color was Tiny Fran's wedding dress?

3. After two months, why does Jack finally wash the sheets?

4. After finding out that John Woodrow was in the hospital, what did Ruby decide to do about the predicament?

5. Who received Ruby's portion of her family inheritance?

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