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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. What was the occupation of the person that raised Lone DuPres?

2. How many founding families arrived in Ruby?

3. When Richard Misner arrives to visit Patricia, what does he want to know?

4. Connie and the man have regular meetings on what day of the week?

5. Who is the man who has secret meetings with Connie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mavis buy toys every Christmas?

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

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

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

5. What is Richard Misner angry about?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

On multiple occasions the civil authority in the area of Ruby is referred to as the "white law." The "white law" is something no citizen of Ruby wants to come in contact with. Explain what citizens of Ruby mean by "white law" and offer explanations based on information from the text and your own knowledge of history about why citizens of Ruby would fear the "white law."

Essay Topic 3

Though the Morgan's are the wealthiest and most powerful people in Ruby, that is not to say that they have not faced their own hardships. Indeed, the Morgans have endured heartbreaking loses. Outline some of these loses and offer theories on why the loses did or did not affect the Morgan's views on race relations.

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