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

2. When they had lunch in the Pitt's house, what did the migrant workers do?
(a) Thanked Mrs. Pitt.
(b) Stayed for dinner afterward.
(c) Cleaned up after themselves.
(d) Made a mess, broke all the dishes, and stopped up the sink.

3. After her first day of work in the Hoover house, what did Ruby come home to?
(a) John Woodrow making dinner with another woman.
(b) John Woodrow and a young girl who was wearing her diamonds.
(c) John Woodrow and a young girl who was wearing her lingerie.
(d) John Woodrow beating another woman.

4. Who was Ruby's first husband?
(a) Lonnie Hoover.
(b) John Woodrow.
(c) Jack Stokes.
(d) Burr.

5. What did John do that was the last straw for Ruby?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Gambled.
(c) Lied.
(d) Cheated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ruby think of when Jack shot his gun?

2. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?

3. After John's death, why didn't Ruby go back to her family's farm?

4. Before John, what was the worst thing to happen to Ruby?

5. What was Jack's father like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jack's experience with women before Ruby.

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

3. What kind of person was Tiny Fran?

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

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

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

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

8. How did Jack's father die?

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

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

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