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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. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?
(a) John Woodrow.
(b) Tiny Fran.
(c) Jack.
(d) June.

2. After finding her husband with another woman, what did Ruby do?
(a) Filed for divorce.
(b) Attacked her husband.
(c) Freaked out.
(d) Bought a pistol.

3. What did Ruby think of when Jack shot his gun?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Tiny Fran.
(c) June.
(d) John Woodrow.

4. What was Jack's mother like?
(a) Tough and strong.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Kind and gentle.
(d) Abusive.

5. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?
(a) Her mother told her to.
(b) Her father made her do it.
(c) She had known him all her life and really loved him.
(d) He was the first to ask and she didn't have the sense to say "No."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack think of Ruby's dying request?

2. How did Jack's father die?

3. How did meeting Ruby change Jack's life?

4. What often happened in the Hoover house that Lonnie did not know about?

5. Who interrupted Jack and Ruby's first conversation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Ruby and Jack's mother have in common?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 2, what was Ruby doing, and why?

4. How did Ruby die, and why was this so frustrating for Jack?

5. How did Jack's father die?

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

7. What did Ruby plan to do to John Woodrow after she caught him cheating?

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

9. Why did Frances Hoover want Ruby to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?

10. When Jack shot his gun, what did Ruby think of and why didn't she tell Jack?

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