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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 man who built the Convent arrested for?
(a) Barn burning.
(b) Insurance fraud.
(c) Murder.
(d) Embezzlement.

2. Where does Connie spend an increasing amount of time?
(a) Deek Morgan's house.
(b) The community oven.
(c) The confessional.
(d) The basement.

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

4. Who did Billie first turn to after the violent argument with her mother?
(a) K.D.
(b) Toni.
(c) Anna Flood.
(d) Mavis.

5. To whom do Pullman's accusatory statements seem directed at?
(a) Richard Misner.
(b) Bishop Jones.
(c) Abbess Connie.
(d) Toni.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of family did Pallas come from?

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

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

4. Who is Billie Delia's mother?

5. What had happened to Lone's birth mother before the group headed to Ruby arrived?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Richard Misner angry about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do Arnette and Soane have in common in terms of being parents?

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