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

2. What two items does Mavis take on her way out of the house late at night?
(a) Her bankcard and a gun.
(b) Her umbrella and a book.
(c) Sal's rain boots and Frank's car keys.
(d) The family photo album and a rope.

3. Where were Deek and Steward born?
(a) Ruby.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Haven.
(d) Austin.

4. 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.

5. Who was the only person to die in the town that became Ruby, Oklahoma during a period of two decades?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Ruby Best.
(c) Steward Morgan.
(d) K.D. Morgan.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. All of the residents of Ruby, Oklahoma are of what race?

3. How many restaurants does Ruby have?

4. What does Mavis come to believe about her husband's and children's intentions toward her?

5. Where is Gigi the first time that Mavis sees her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How has the community oven lost its significance?

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

4. What is immediately noticeable about Gigi?

5. What conditions does Mavis's mother place on Mavis being able to stay at her house?

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

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

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

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

10. How does the plot not flow in a chronological manner in the chapter "Ruby"?

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