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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ruby Best's husband?

2. After Arnette returns from college, what does she refuse to do?

3. Where does Mavis initially plan to go after leaving Newark?

4. What story does Mavis tell the reporter?

5. How did Soane and Deek's sons die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mavis' twins die, according to the story Mavis tells the reporter?

2. What are some of town situations that Dovey Morgan thinks about?

3. How has the community oven lost its significance?

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

5. Why did Deek tell Roger to make sure all part's of Deek's son's funeral were black?

6. What means do the Morgan twins use to help their nephew out of trouble when he impregnates Arnette?

7. How does Mavis retrieve her car and get it to the Convent?

8. What does Connie do to earn a meager income?

9. What conditions does Mavis's mother place on Mavis being able to stay at her house?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the people of Ruby recreate the same prejudices and forms of discrimination that the founders were trying to escape?

Essay Topic 2

Could the major conflict in the novel have been resolved any other way, or was the final outcome inevitable?

Essay Topic 3

Do you believe that Mavis' family really intended or even wanted to kill her? Could there be another reason for Mavis believing that her family wanted to kill her?

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