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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 is Richard Misner advocating on behalf of the young people?
(a) That they be allowed to drive automobiles if licensed.
(b) That they be exempt from fieldwork if enrolled in school.
(c) That they be allowed to hold a barn dance.
(d) That their concerns be heard in addition to the concerns of the older men.

2. What do some residents of Ruby want to do to the community oven?
(a) Convert it from wood to gas fueled.
(b) Clean it with lye.
(c) Rename it.
(d) Fit it with a better exhaust system.

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

4. Where do Seneca and Sweetie walk together?
(a) To the community oven.
(b) In the garden.
(c) The Convent.
(d) To the well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Gigi initially shocks Mavis upon Mavis's return to the Convent?

2. Where did Mavis's twins die?

3. Why is the friendship between Connie and Soane surprising?

4. Where had most of the residents of Ruby resided prior to starting the town of Ruby?

5. What does the woman who hires Seneca claim she needs?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the men from Ruby justify such drastic action against the women at the Convent?

2. Why is the town of Ruby not a place that attracts travelers?

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

4. Why is there instant animosity between Mavis and Gigi?

5. When there is a problem in Ruby who handles it?

6. How does Mavis get confused and diverted from her intention to go straight to California?

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

8. What means do the Morgan twins use to help their nephew out of trouble when he impregnates Arnette?

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

10. Why do the men from Ruby go to the Convent?

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