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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 could Jack tell Ruby was not a typical migrant worker?
(a) He knew all the other migrants and had never seen her.
(b) He knew her family.
(c) By her smooth skin.
(d) She spoke with a French accent.

2. Why did Lonnie want Tiny Fran to get married?
(a) Lonnie was tired of having her around.
(b) Tiny Fran was in love.
(c) Tiny Fran would soon be a spinster.
(d) To alleviate all future issues.

3. What does Ruby wish she could change?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her whole life.
(c) Her diagnosis and the way she handled Jack that day.
(d) Her name.

4. How did meeting Ruby change Jack's life?
(a) It defined his life; he became a man.
(b) It made him go crazy.
(c) It made him angry.
(d) It made him sad.

5. How did Ruby meet John Woodrow?
(a) He was a local salesman that came to the door one day.
(b) He was a migrant worker on her family's farm.
(c) Her mother set her up on a blind date.
(d) Jack Stokes introduced them.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, where has Jack been getting his food from for the past few months?

2. When Ruby is in her coffin, what does Jack do?

3. What did serving at Tiny Fran's wedding make Ruby think of?

4. How did Jack's father die?

5. Why was Ruby chosen to work in the Hoover house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Jack's mother like?

2. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?

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

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

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

6. How did Jack's father die?

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

8. Describe Ruby's upbringing and why she was unprepared for someone like John Woodrow.

9. Describe John's courting of Ruby and how he presented himself to her.

10. Why did Burr agree to marry Tiny Fran?

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