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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Mavis's twins die?
(a) On the ship journey to America.
(b) In Los Angeles, California.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In the car.

2. What type of law enforcement organization does the town of Ruby have?
(a) Military police.
(b) None.
(c) An active and oppressive police force.
(d) One decrepit town marshal.

3. Who owns the bank in Ruby?
(a) The people of Ruby.
(b) Barnes, the plantation owner.
(c) A huge corporation in New York.
(d) The Morgan twins.

4. Where is Gigi the first time that Mavis sees her?
(a) On top of the windmill.
(b) In the cellar below the barn.
(c) Sprawled in the yard.
(d) On television.

5. What is Gigi searching for when she arrives in Ruby?
(a) Employment.
(b) A mountain that looks like two lovers locked in embrace.
(c) Her birth mother.
(d) Mavis's Cadillac.

6. What does Seneca put on Sweetie's shoulders?
(a) Gold epaulettes.
(b) A serape.
(c) A parrot.
(d) A leather handbag.

7. At the Convent, what does Roger load into his vehicle?
(a) Seventeen bags of rice.
(b) A body.
(c) Vegetables from Connie's garden.
(d) Sacks of grain.

8. The town of Ruby is named after whom?
(a) The wife of a Comanche Indian chief.
(b) A famous dancer from Norman, Oklahoma.
(c) Ruby Best.
(d) Ruby Tuesday.

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

10. How long has Mavis been away from the Convent when she returns to meet Gigi?
(a) Overnight.
(b) Three days.
(c) Six hours.
(d) One month.

11. How did Soane and Deek's sons die?
(a) They were killed in the war.
(b) They died in an automobile crash.
(c) They drowned.
(d) They were lynched.

12. What does Sweetie believe she hears during the night?
(a) A spotted owl.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) A band practicing.
(d) Crying children.

13. How many churches are located within the distance of one mile in Ruby?
(a) Two
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Four.

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

15. Who stops to ask if Sweetie Fleetwood needs a ride?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Mavis Albright.
(c) A man driving a truck.
(d) Roger Best.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Why does Seneca have difficulty sleeping at the Convent?

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

4. The men who visit the Convent believe that there are none of what type of women in the town of Ruby?

5. Who does K.D. blame for Arnette's pregnancy?

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