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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. What did Jack think Lonnie might will to him someday?
(a) Money.
(b) A tractor.
(c) Land.
(d) Tiny Fran.

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

3. Whose property did Jack turn down?
(a) June's.
(b) Ruby's.
(c) Burr's.
(d) Tiny Fran's.

4. Why was Ruby told to clean the Hoover house so thoroughly?
(a) It was filthy.
(b) The governor was coming to dinner.
(c) Mrs. Hoover was anal retentive.
(d) In preparation for Tiny Fran's wedding.

5. As a young woman, what was Ruby's most prized possession?
(a) Her car.
(b) Fancy lingerie.
(c) Her cat.
(d) A diamond necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Tiny Fran's physique best be described?

2. Initially, how did Ruby perceive John Woodrow?

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

4. How did Ruby and John get married?

5. Why did John Woodrow call Ruby a profane name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did Jack's father die?

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

6. How was Ruby not like Jack's mother?

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

8. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?

9. Why did Lonnie Hoover ask Burr to marry Tiny Fran?

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

(see the answer keys)

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