View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what conditions did the nuns find Consolata?
(a) She was an aspiring model and developing an eating disorder.
(b) She had applied and been rejected by another convent.
(c) She was destitute and living on the streets.
(d) She was having the time in her life working in a carnival sideshow.

2. How old was Consolata when she was found by the sisters including Mary Magna?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Nine.

3. Why is Billie skeptical about the chances of a happy marriage between Arnette and K.D.?
(a) Arnette never really cared for K.D.
(b) Unlike Arnette, K.D. comes from a poor family.
(c) K.D. agreed to marry Arnette only after Gigi stopped seeing him.
(d) Arnette had to give up her dream of being a blues singer to marry K.D.

4. Who does Pallas believe she should contact?
(a) Her high school guidance counselor.
(b) Her father.
(c) The police.
(d) Her old boyfriend.

5. To whom do Pullman's accusatory statements seem directed at?
(a) Bishop Jones.
(b) Toni.
(c) Richard Misner.
(d) Abbess Connie.

6. When Richard Misner arrives to visit Patricia, what does he want to know?
(a) The cost of installing a fence on his property.
(b) If Patricia ever intends to pay her phone bill.
(c) Billie's whereabouts.
(d) The name of his birth mother.

7. What does Lone do after hearing the men plotting?
(a) She calls the newspaper city desk editor.
(b) She directly confronts the men.
(c) She drives to the Convent to warn the women.
(d) She decides to tell no one.

8. Who is the man who has secret meetings with Connie?
(a) Frank Albright.
(b) Deek Morgan.
(c) Richard Misner.
(d) K.D. Morgan.

9. Consolata is known to the people of Ruby by what name?
(a) Connie.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Toni.
(d) Lata.

10. Patricia's father Roger often has ideas for new what?
(a) Businesses.
(b) Political causes.
(c) Inventions.
(d) Social programs.

11. How old was Connie when the man finally came to her?
(a) Thirty-three.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Sixteen.

12. Where do the women of the Convent dance?
(a) Wherever the people of Ruby hold community dances.
(b) On the roof of the barn.
(c) In the rain.
(d) Everywhere, day and night.

13. What does Deek do immediately upon arriving at the Convent?
(a) He tries to find Connie to tell her to run.
(b) He sets fire to the barn.
(c) He shoots the first woman he sees.
(d) He drops to his knees and offers a prayer.

14. How do the women respond to Lone's warning?
(a) Under Connie's supervision they begin constructing fortifications.
(b) They are not at all alarmed.
(c) They flee in panic.
(d) They send Mavis to inform the state police.

15. What are K.D. and Arnette expecting?
(a) A home loan.
(b) To win the lottery.
(c) A new job for K.D.
(d) A baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of views does Patricia believe that Richard is teaching to the young people?

2. Richard thinks that the older men of Ruby constantly tell stories of ancestor's efforts to found a town but never tell of what?

3. Where does Connie spend an increasing amount of time?

4. The group that first arrived to found the town of Ruby shared a common dislike for what other group?

5. What does the box Gigi finds under the bathtub contain?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 553 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample