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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ruby die?
(a) Old age.
(b) Lung cancer.
(c) Car accident.
(d) Farming accident.

2. Who informed Ruby of John's death?
(a) A migrant worker.
(b) Tiny Fran.
(c) Burr.
(d) Jack.

3. Why was Ruby angry about having to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?
(a) She wanted to sleep in that day.
(b) She hated Tiny Fran.
(c) She resented being the prized white servant.
(d) She hated weddings.

4. What did serving at Tiny Fran's wedding make Ruby think of?
(a) Sudie Bee scolding a servant for sticking his fingers in the cake.
(b) Her own sorry wedding.
(c) Her hatred for Tiny Fran.
(d) A fancy dinner.

5. Where did Jack first see Ruby?
(a) Under a pecan tree at the Hoover's.
(b) At the movies.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In her house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had Jack proposed to before Ruby?

2. Why did Lonnie want Tiny Fran to get married?

3. Where did Ruby and John finally land?

4. Who was Ruby's first husband?

5. What was Jack's father like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Burr agree to marry Tiny Fran?

2. After they were married, how did John Woodrow treat Ruby?

3. What did Jack do while Ruby was in her coffin, and why?

4. How did Jack meet Ruby?

5. What did Jack once think that Lonnie Hoover would give and didn't?

6. What memory did Ruby recall when thinking of her diagnosis?

7. What happened the last time Ruby saw John Woodrow?

8. What land did Jack turn down, and why?

9. Describe Jack's experience with women before Ruby.

10. How did Jack's father die?

(see the answer keys)

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