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

2. How old was Consolata when she was found by the sisters including Mary Magna?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Three.
(c) Nine.
(d) Sixteen.

3. Who has been injured in the automobile accident that Lone and Connie find?
(a) Deek Morgan.
(b) Mary Magna.
(c) Scout Morgan.
(d) Soane Morgan.

4. How does Patricia feel about the views she believes Richard is teaching to the young people?
(a) Enthusiastic.
(b) Skeptical but willing to help.
(c) She does not approve.
(d) She is full of admiration.

5. What was the occupation of the woman who took care of Lone after Lone's mother died?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Textile worker.
(c) MIdwife.
(d) Baker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one possible reason that Menus drinks too much?

2. What does Deek do immediately upon arriving at the Convent?

3. What did the nuns operate at the convent before loosing funding?

4. Consolata is known to the people of Ruby by what name?

5. What is one of the mishaps that the men of Ruby blame on the women of the Convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lone believe that the men of Ruby want to get rid of the women at the Convent?

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

3. Why do the Fleetwoods blame Lone for problems with their grandchildren, and what evidence is there that the situation was not Lone's fault?

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

5. What does Deek believe that the tea that Connie gave Soane causes, and why is this ironic?

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

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

8. What are some possible reasons for Connie spending so much time in the basement?

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

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

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