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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby wish she could change?

2. Who hated Ruby?

3. Who is the first woman Jack ever really loved?

4. What was Ruby's upbringing like?

5. What did Jack think Lonnie might will to him someday?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jack plan to win Ruby over?

2. What did Jack do while Ruby was in her coffin, and why?

3. What kind of person was Tiny Fran?

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

5. What was Jack's mother like?

6. What land did Jack turn down, and why?

7. What did Ruby and Jack's mother have in common?

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

9. How did Jack meet Ruby?

10. What memory did Ruby recall when thinking of her diagnosis?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore and discuss examples of social class divisions within the story, being sure to touch upon:

a) Race.

b) Stereotypes.

c) Morality.

Be sure to cite examples from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Explain your own definition of adulthood, whether it be an age, state of mind, acquisition of wisdom, etc. using characters from "A Virtuous Woman" as examples of your theories.

Essay Topic 3

After realizing her mistake for marrying John Woodrow, Ruby is too ashamed to return home. After waiting all night for Ruby's ghost to visit him, Jack is too ashamed to tell Burr and June why he is drinking in the morning and why the sheets are no longer on the bed. Explore these two character's feelings of shame and whether or not they are justified.

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