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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. After two months, why does Jack finally wash the sheets?

2. What did Burr bury with his father?

3. What did Ruby sew for June?

4. How does Jack's first solo meal turn out?

5. Who attended his father's funeral with Burr?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who informed June about menstruation, and why?

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

5. Who was Tiny Fran's favorite child, and how did she treat the other one?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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