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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. After Ruby's ghost doesn't visit him, what does Jack do the next day?
(a) Drink and watch cartoons.
(b) Call Mavis.
(c) Pray.
(d) Sleep.

2. What did Tiny Fran fail to inform June about?
(a) Menstruation.
(b) Bra sizing.
(c) How babies are made.
(d) Acne treatments.

3. What did Ruby have to teach herself to do?
(a) Hitch a mule.
(b) Fold napkins.
(c) Cook.
(d) Sleep with her eyes open.

4. After finding out that John Woodrow was in the hospital, what did Ruby decide to do about the predicament?
(a) Poison John so he wouldn't live.
(b) Pray.
(c) Raise money to pay the doctors.
(d) Ignore it.

5. When did Ruby feel pleased with herself in Chapter 8?
(a) When she hugged Jack.
(b) When she sewed.
(c) When her bread rose.
(d) When she went to sleep at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jack and Ruby used to think about people who babied their pets?

2. Other than Jack, who did Ruby attribute her happiness to?

3. Why did Ruby think that she and Jack could not have children?

4. Who did Jack blame for the way Roland turned out?

5. How was June not ruined?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the week they got to spend with her, why were Jack and Ruby so upset went June went home?

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

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

4. What did Roland finally get arrested for?

5. What did Roland do to Ruby's mule?

6. What does Jack think of religious people?

7. What did Cecil come to Jack and Ruby's house to do?

8. What did Burr do for his father when he died?

9. Why did Frances get mad at Ruby during Tiny Fran's wedding?

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

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