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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 does Jack take the sheets off his bed?
(a) He wet the bed.
(b) He spilled beer on them.
(c) They smell of Ruby's dusting powder he had sprinkled on them.
(d) They are ripped.

2. Why did Burr's parents not want to come to his wedding?
(a) They hated Tiny Fran.
(b) His father was jealous of the land he was acquiring.
(c) His father was ill.
(d) His mother was ill.

3. What did Jack and Ruby believe happens to a person's spirit when they die?
(a) They will go to heaven.
(b) Their spirit will leave the body and do as it pleases.
(c) They will go to hell.
(d) They will cease to exist.

4. Other than Jack, who did Ruby attribute her happiness to?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Burr.
(c) Her mother.
(d) June.

5. How was June not ruined?
(a) June never knew Tiny Fran.
(b) June never knew Roland.
(c) June went to boarding school.
(d) Ruby, Jack and Burr would step in on her behalf.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Ruby hide a gun?

2. Who was the best man at Burr's wedding?

3. Who was miserable when Burr's family went to the beach with Jack and Ruby?

4. When did Ruby feel pleased with herself in Chapter 8?

5. When did Jack and Ruby realize that babying animals is ridiculous?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did Jack hire as a housekeeper, and what happened to make him fire the housekeeper?

2. Why did Jack finally decide to hire a housekeeper?

3. Why does Jack remove the sheets? Why does Burr think Jack has removed the sheets?

4. What did Jack and Ruby think happens to the soul after death?

5. What did Jack do to prepare for Ruby's spirit to visit him?

6. Why was Ruby so proud of her cooking?

7. What happened to John Woodrow the night before Ruby and Jack met?

8. What does Jack think of religious people?

9. Who did Tiny Fran blame for the way Roland turned out? Who did Jack and Burr blame?

10. What did Roland finally get arrested for?

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