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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the Cadillac after Mavis has it repainted?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

2. What did the men do together before telling K.D. to get his rifle?
(a) Appeal to the local sheriff for help.
(b) Send a telegram to the state police.
(c) Eat.
(d) Pray in an Indian sweat lodge.

3. What does Connie sell to earn money?
(a) Moonshine.
(b) Quilts and glass figurines.
(c) Papal indulgences.
(d) Hot peppers, homemade pies, and vegetables.

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

5. Why have the men come to the Convent?
(a) They want to learn the skill of canning food.
(b) They blame the women at the convent for a series of catastrophes.
(c) Their pastor has died and they need religious instruction.
(d) They hope to sell the women surplus cotton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Arnette want to go in the coming year?

2. What did someone paint on the oven?

3. What is Gigi's real name?

4. How many churches are located within the distance of one mile in Ruby?

5. What is the occupation of Roger Best?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Deek drive to the bank even though it is a short distance?

2. Why did Deek tell Roger to make sure all part's of Deek's son's funeral were black?

3. In addition to being respected as founders of the town of Ruby, what is another way that the Morgan twins have power over the townspeople?

4. Why do some of the residents leave Haven to found the town of Ruby?

5. How does Gigi become stranded at the convent?

6. In addition to growing vegetables, what is one of Connie's main tasks at the Convent?

7. What causes the men to think that the women at the Convent are perhaps not as hard working as the women in Ruby?

8. Why did Seneca go to Wichita, and why was the trip unproductive?

9. Why did the founders of Ruby decide to name the town Ruby instead of New Haven?

10. Why does Mavis become frightened during the interview, and why does she decide to flee?

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