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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 are K.D. and Arnette expecting?
(a) A home loan.
(b) A baby.
(c) To win the lottery.
(d) A new job for K.D.

2. How do the women respond to Lone's warning?
(a) They send Mavis to inform the state police.
(b) Under Connie's supervision they begin constructing fortifications.
(c) They are not at all alarmed.
(d) They flee in panic.

3. What was the occupation of the person that raised Lone DuPres?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Textile worker.
(c) Baker.
(d) Undertaker.

4. Who does Pallas believe she should contact?
(a) Her father.
(b) The police.
(c) Her high school guidance counselor.
(d) Her old boyfriend.

5. How does Lone get to the Convent to warn the women?
(a) She steals a horse.
(b) She drives.
(c) She runs.
(d) She borrows Gigi's bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Patricia's hobbies?

2. Why is Billie skeptical about the chances of a happy marriage between Arnette and K.D.?

3. What sort of family did Pallas come from?

4. The group that first arrived to found the town of Ruby shared a common dislike for what other group?

5. How old was Consolata when she was found by the sisters including Mary Magna?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the women of the Convent do after Connie draws their outlines on the basement floor?

2. What sort of prejudice does Patricia witness in Ruby?

3. What reasons does Patricia give for not approving of Richard's talks with the young people of the town?

4. Though she was welcomed back home by her father, why did Pallas return to the Convent?

5. Why do many parents of the town instruct their children to stay away from Billie Delia, and is this reputation deserved?

6. What is Richard Misner angry about?

7. According to Lone, what do the Fleetwoods blame on the women of the Convent, and why does Lone think this makes no sense?

8. What are some of K.D.'s thoughts about marriage that indicate that he still has an immature or naïve worldview?

9. What do some of the people that try to stop the massacre seem more concerned about than the welfare of the women of the Convent?

10. Why do some people believe that Senior Pullman's negative remarks are directed at Richard Misner?

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