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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 else did Jack love?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Frances.
(c) Tiny Fran.
(d) His mother.

2. Why did Lonnie ask Burr to marry Tiny Fran?
(a) No one else would ask her.
(b) Tiny Fran had her eye on Burr.
(c) Tiny Fran was pregnant.
(d) Burr loved Tiny Fran.

3. What was Jack's father like?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Mean.
(d) Religious.

4. Why did Jack feel that Lonnie was partially responsible for his father's death?
(a) His father was driving the tractor at Lonnie's request.
(b) Lonnie owned the gun that killed Jack's father.
(c) Lonnie murdered him.
(d) Lonnie worked Jack's father to death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How important was land to Jack?

2. What does Ruby realize a dying person needs?

3. Who is Jack's wife?

4. What did Jack admire about Ruby?

5. What did Jack do when his father died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Jack think of John Woodrow?

6. Why did Burr agree to marry Tiny Fran?

7. What kind of person was Tiny Fran?

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

9. How did Jack's father die?

10. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?

(see the answer keys)

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