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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mavis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Connie meet the old woman she tends at the Convent?
(a) The old woman adopted Connie when she was nine.
(b) The old woman is Connie's birth mother.
(c) Connie worked for the old woman at the textile factory.
(d) The old woman is Connie's sister.

2. Who did Connie have an affair with?
(a) Steward Morgan.
(b) K.D. Morgan.
(c) Frank Albright.
(d) Deek Morgan.

3. Why does Connie have to tend to the old woman?
(a) The old woman is a fugitive from the law.
(b) The old woman is bedridden.
(c) Connie owes the old woman money.
(d) Connie is the old woman's slave.

4. Who was the only person to die in the town that became Ruby, Oklahoma during a period of two decades?
(a) K.D. Morgan.
(b) Steward Morgan.
(c) Ruby Best.
(d) Toni Morrison.

5. What state is the town of Ruby located?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were Deek and Steward born?

2. The town of Ruby is named after whom?

3. What unwashed, unprepared objects in the pantry at the Convent lead the men to believe that the women at the Convent are lazier than the women in Ruby?

4. Who is Soane's husband?

5. Why have the men come to the Convent?

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