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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. After Ruby found out her husband was injured, what did Jack offer her?
(a) Help if she needed it.
(b) His hand in marriage.
(c) Money.
(d) A ride back to the Pitt farm.

2. What did Jack do when his father died?
(a) Walked away.
(b) Yelled at Lonnie.
(c) Yelled at God.
(d) Took a nap.

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

4. What was the first thing Jack ever said to Ruby?
(a) To watch out for Tiny Fran.
(b) She was hot.
(c) He hated her husband.
(d) She shouldn't smoke.

5. When recalling her diagnosis, what does Ruby think of?
(a) Her grandmother's death.
(b) Her unhappy life.
(c) Her funeral.
(d) Her father's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before they were married, what did Ruby tell Jack she wanted him to do?

2. What did Ruby want to do to John Woodrow, but never got the chance?

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

4. How did Ruby and John get married?

5. After lunching in the Pitt's house, where did the migrant workers eat lunch afterward?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Ruby get mad at Jack the day she was diagnosed with cancer?

3. What is Jack's last memory of Ruby?

4. What happened when Ruby's mother invited the migrant workers into the house for lunch?

5. How did Jack's father die?

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

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

8. What was Jack's first impression of Ruby?

9. How did Jack acquire his gun, and what did he use it for?

10. What did Jack think of John Woodrow?

(see the answer keys)

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