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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Ruby Best's husband?
(a) As a nun she considered herself married to God.
(b) She was a lifelong spinster.
(c) Roger Best.
(d) Pete Best.

3. The story opens with the following words:
(a) "No one had any idea how terribly wrong the confrontation could go."
(b) "They shot the black girl first."
(c) "The women of the Convent would be forever damned."
(d) "They shot the white girl first."

4. What story does Mavis tell the reporter?
(a) Her part in the civil rights struggle in Oklahoma.
(b) The history of the Convent.
(c) How she came to own a classic Cadillac.
(d) The story of the death of her twin children.

5. Who is the nephew of the Morgan twins?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Jester Meeks.
(c) K.D. Morgan.
(d) Ruby Tuesday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the families who settled Ruby, Oklahoma originally consider for a town name?

2. Where were Deek and Steward born?

3. What two items does Mavis take on her way out of the house late at night?

4. What type of law enforcement organization does the town of Ruby have?

5. How did Connie meet the old woman she tends at the Convent?

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