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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 Soane want Connie to help her with?
(a) She wants to learn how to use an abacus.
(b) She wants to be rid of her unborn child.
(c) She wants to learn food preservation techniques.
(d) She wants help finding an escaped goat.

2. Consolata is known to the people of Ruby by what name?
(a) Toni.
(b) Lata.
(c) Connie.
(d) Ruby.

3. What is one of Patricia's hobbies?
(a) Quilting.
(b) Geology.
(c) Stamp collecting.
(d) Genealogy.

4. What country was Consolata originally from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) Italy.
(d) Mexico.

5. What does Lone do after hearing the men plotting?
(a) She directly confronts the men.
(b) She drives to the Convent to warn the women.
(c) She calls the newspaper city desk editor.
(d) She decides to tell no one.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what institution did the foundation donate the Convent?

2. Who joins Pallas when she dances with the rest of the women at the Convent?

3. What type of views does Patricia believe that Richard is teaching to the young people?

4. Who raised Lone DuPres?

5. What in the basement attracts Connie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What started the townspeople's idea that Billie was a wild child?

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

3. How do the town of Ruby and the Convent share joint responsibility for the field of marijuana?

4. Why does Mavis buy toys every Christmas?

5. What were the circumstances surrounding Ruby Best's death?

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

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

8. What sort of dilemma does Billie face in her romantic life?

9. What was Pallas Truelove's situation before she arrived at the Convent?

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

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