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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is beyond the cellar door that one of the twins and his nephew smash?
(a) The Devil's bedroom.
(b) A tunnel to the Indian Reservation.
(c) An iron foundry.
(d) Spare parts for the electric generator.

2. How long does Mavis stay at the Convent, according to the chapter "Mavis"?
(a) Three days.
(b) Six Weeks.
(c) Two years.
(d) Overnight.

3. Where does Arnette want to go in the coming year?
(a) Baja California.
(b) College.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) The Convent.

4. Who is in charge of operations at the Convent?
(a) K.D. Morgan.
(b) Abbot Kelly.
(c) Bishop Smith.
(d) Connie.

5. Who is the youngest male in the Morgan family?
(a) Frank.
(b) K.D.
(c) Steward.
(d) Deek.

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

7. Who drives Mavis to the Cadillac?
(a) Connie.
(b) Frank.
(c) The Justice of the Peace.
(d) A young man from Ruby.

8. What does Mavis do to the Cadillac in Newark?
(a) She trades it for a bus ticket.
(b) She sets it on fire to conceal the evidence.
(c) She sells it to a gangster.
(d) She has it painted.

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

10. Why does Seneca have difficulty sleeping at the Convent?
(a) She is disturbed by the nun's band practicing all night.
(b) She is terrified of the scorpions that infest her room.
(c) She lays awake at night plotting ways to steal the nun's gold.
(d) She is unaccustomed to clean and comfortable accommodations.

11. What is Gigi's real name?
(a) Ginger Gentry.
(b) Grace.
(c) She never reveals her true name.
(d) Gertrude Guest.

12. What had the driver not previously known he was carrying?
(a) Radioactive coal.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Illegal aliens.

13. What did someone paint on the oven?
(a) A rooster.
(b) Gang symbols.
(c) A fist.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

14. What is the occupation of Roger Best?
(a) Undertaker.
(b) Sheriff.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Medical doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the names of Soane and Deek's sons?

2. What does Sweetie believe she hears during the night?

3. Why have the men come to the Convent?

4. What does Seneca put on Sweetie's shoulders?

5. Who are the wealthiest men in Ruby, Oklahoma?

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