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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Ruby start taking pictures of June?
(a) After she realized she didn't have any.
(b) After June asked her to.
(c) After the pictures of the cats came out so ridiculously.
(d) After the pictures of the dogs came out so ridiculously.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who wasn't allowed to go to the hospital with everyone after the vacation injury?
(a) June.
(b) Burr.
(c) Roland.
(d) Ruby.

10. After Ruby's death, how does Jack's house become?
(a) Messy.
(b) Cleaner.
(c) Air conditioned.
(d) Cold.

11. When they first met, how did Jack look at Ruby?
(a) Woefully.
(b) Scornfully.
(c) Like she was something valuable.
(d) Sadly.

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

13. Who received Ruby's portion of her family inheritance?
(a) Her brothers.
(b) Sudie Bee.
(c) John Woodrow.
(d) Jack.

14. After Ruby's ghost doesn't visit him, what does Jack do the next day?
(a) Pray.
(b) Call Mavis.
(c) Drink and watch cartoons.
(d) Sleep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the second day, what happens to the housekeeper?

2. Who did not attend Burr's wedding?

3. On the housekeeper's first day, what is the first thing to break?

4. Who is the only person Tiny Fran ever "loved"?

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

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