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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 Jack say instead of "haunt"?

2. At the end of the book, what does Burr give Jack?

3. Who threw Cecil out of the house?

4. What is the first real meal that Jack tries to make after Ruby's death?

5. What did Jack and Ruby believe happens to a person's spirit when they die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Roland finally get arrested for?

2. Why did Jack finally decide to hire a housekeeper?

3. How did Tiny Fran leave Burr?

4. After June left their house, what did Jack and Ruby turn to in order to fill the void?

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

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

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

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

9. After Ruby's spirit does not visit, what does Jack do the next day?

10. Describe the group's beach vacation.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

The title of the story is, "A Virtuous Woman". Explain who the title is referring to, and why the proverb is present at the beginning.

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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