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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. When did Ruby finally visit her parents?

2. What did Tiny Fran fail to inform June about?

3. Where did Ruby hide a gun?

4. Who threw Cecil out of the house?

5. What did Ruby sew for June?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burr do for Jack, and how does this save his life?

2. What happened when Jack tried to cook for himself after Ruby's death?

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

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

5. Why did Jack think that Ruby's ghost had visited him in the night?

6. Describe the group's beach vacation.

7. Who didn't attend Tiny Fran and Burr's wedding, and why?

8. Why did Ruby cry when she found out that John Woodrow was dead?

9. Why were the townspeople afraid of Ruby?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ruby gives up her ownership of land that she inherited while Jack feels a sense of ownership for fields he has no title for. Explore why both character's feelings are both right as well as wrong.

Essay Topic 2

Explore Ruby's sense of pride, both before and after John Woodrow, as well as during childhood and adulthood.

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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