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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 caused Menus to lose his house to foreclosure?
(a) His moonshine still exploded.
(b) A poor cotton harvest.
(c) Excessive drinking.
(d) Gambling debts.

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

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

4. How many restaurants does Ruby have?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) None.
(d) One.

5. How many hotels are located in Ruby?
(a) Two plus the diner and boardinghouse.
(b) None.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of year does the girl who arrives at the Convent at the end of the chapter say it is?

2. What did the men do together before telling K.D. to get his rifle?

3. Who gives Gigi a ride away from Ruby?

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

5. How did Connie meet the old woman she tends at the Convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gigi become stranded at the convent?

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

3. Why is Mavis' mother less than supportive when Mavis arrives at her house?

4. What does Connie do to earn a meager income?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was the town of Haven not as affected by the Great Depression as most of the rest of the country?

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