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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 Gigi searching for when she arrives in Ruby?
(a) Her birth mother.
(b) Employment.
(c) Mavis's Cadillac.
(d) A mountain that looks like two lovers locked in embrace.

2. Why is the friendship between Connie and Soane surprising?
(a) Connie and Soane competed for the same job at the textile factory.
(b) Soane often steals money from Connie.
(c) Connie had an affair with Soane's husband.
(d) Connie is an extreme racist, and Soane is black.

3. Where does Arnette want to go in the coming year?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Baja California.
(c) College.
(d) The Convent.

4. While the issue of Arnette's pregnancy is being worked out, what woman is K.D. most fascinated with?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Gigi.
(c) Toni.
(d) Connie.

5. Where does Mavis's mother live?
(a) Newark.
(b) Paterson.
(c) Haven.
(d) Ruby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state is the town of Ruby located?

2. Instead of being supportive of Mavis's decision, what does Mavis's mother say?

3. What is the occupation of Roger Best?

4. Where does Richard Misner preach?

5. What story does Mavis tell the reporter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How has the community oven lost its significance?

7. What event cuts short Mavis's reunion upon arriving back at the Convent after a month's absence?

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

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

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

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