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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lonnie deal with problems?
(a) With rage.
(b) He ignored them.
(c) Quietly, but with sense.
(d) He laughed off his troubles.

2. What was Ruby's upbringing like?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Sheltered, but loving.
(c) She was neglected.
(d) She lived on the streets.

3. Would Jack have turned down Tiny Fran if she had been offered to him?
(a) He hadn't thought about it.
(b) He already did.
(c) Probably not.
(d) Yes.

4. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?
(a) Jack.
(b) June.
(c) Tiny Fran.
(d) John Woodrow.

5. Who was Ruby's first husband?
(a) Jack Stokes.
(b) Lonnie Hoover.
(c) John Woodrow.
(d) Burr.

6. Initially, how did Ruby perceive John Woodrow?
(a) Shady.
(b) Handsome and romantic, like a movie star.
(c) Lazy.
(d) Old and decrepit.

7. What did Burr truly think of Tiny Fran?
(a) She was the love of his life.
(b) She was beautiful.
(c) She was promiscuous.
(d) She was ugly.

8. What was the first thing Jack ever said to Ruby?
(a) To watch out for Tiny Fran.
(b) She shouldn't smoke.
(c) She was hot.
(d) He hated her husband.

9. Before John, what was the worst thing to happen to Ruby?
(a) Her grandmother died.
(b) She was raped.
(c) Her father beat her up once.
(d) She was kidnapped.

10. How old was Jack when his mother died?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Six.
(d) Thirty.

11. Who had Jack proposed to before Ruby?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) June.
(c) Every girl in town.
(d) No one.

12. How does Jack react to Ruby's diagnosis?
(a) He doesn't think she will die.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He accepts that she will die soon.
(d) He vows to keep her alive.

13. What did Jack do when his father died?
(a) Yelled at God.
(b) Took a nap.
(c) Yelled at Lonnie.
(d) Walked away.

14. Why did John Woodrow call Ruby a profane name?
(a) She made him look bad.
(b) She called him a jerk.
(c) Because she wouldn't ask her father for money.
(d) She wrecked their car.

15. How did Jack's father die?
(a) In a tractor accident.
(b) Natural causes.
(c) Suicide.
(d) He was murdered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jack first see Ruby?

2. Who is Jack's wife?

3. On Ruby's first day of work, what did Tiny Fran do that Ruby found appalling?

4. How did Ruby meet John Woodrow?

5. What is Ruby's bad habit?

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