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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. How could Jack tell Ruby was not a typical migrant worker?

3. What did Jack's mother never do?

4. Why did Lonnie want Tiny Fran to get married?

5. Who was Ruby's first husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Jack think of John Woodrow?

3. How did Jack meet Ruby?

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

5. What happened when Ruby's mother invited the migrant workers into the house for lunch?

6. Why did Ruby marry John Woodrow?

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

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

9. What was Jack's first impression of Ruby?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Select a character, such as John Woodrow, Tiny Fran, or Ruby Pitt Woodrow, and explain there views regarding entitlement of status. Be sure to cite examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Explore the theme of grief in its various forms as it appears throughout the story, e.g. Ruby's grief over the inability to have children, Jack's grief over the loss of his parents, Ruby's grief for leaving her family for John Woodrow, etc.

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