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

2. Why was Menus forced to abandon the woman he brought from Virginia?
(a) She compulsively stole everything she could.
(b) She had a substance abuse problem.
(c) She got pregnant, and Menus was afraid.
(d) She was too light skinned.

3. How many children has Lone DuPres delivered since the last of the Fleetwood children?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Thirty-two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

4. To what institution did the foundation donate the Convent?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The United States Department of the Interior.
(c) The State of Oklahoma.
(d) The Bureau of Land Management.

5. Who raised Lone DuPres?
(a) Patricia.
(b) Connie.
(c) Fairy DuPres.
(d) K.D.

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

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

8. Why are some of the older residents of Ruby unhappy with Richard Misner?
(a) He has seven illegitimate children.
(b) He speaks to the young people and encourages them to express their views.
(c) He steals from the church.
(d) He drinks too much.

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

10. What are Richard and Anna contemplating?
(a) Leasing land from the Convent.
(b) Opening a day care business.
(c) Opening Ruby's first restaurant.
(d) Marriage.

11. The group that first arrived to found the town of Ruby shared a common dislike for what other group?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Hippies.
(c) Whites.
(d) Salesmen.

12. What is one deed the Convent is blamed for that was actually committed by K.D.?
(a) The theft of the mine payroll.
(b) The planting of marijuana.
(c) The report to the governor.
(d) The contamination of the well.

13. How does Patricia feel about the views she believes Richard is teaching to the young people?
(a) She does not approve.
(b) Skeptical but willing to help.
(c) She is full of admiration.
(d) Enthusiastic.

14. Connie and the man have regular meetings on what day of the week?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Wednesdays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Tuesdays.

15. In addition to Connie, which was the only nun to remain at the Convent?
(a) Lila Jane.
(b) Mary Magna.
(c) Sister Christian.
(d) Mother Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one possible reason that Menus drinks too much?

2. Where is Lone when she hears the men talking?

3. Who is the man who has secret meetings with Connie?

4. What had happened to Lone's birth mother before the group headed to Ruby arrived?

5. Who has been injured in the automobile accident that Lone and Connie find?

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