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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Yes.
(d) Probably not.

2. How could Jack tell Ruby was not a typical migrant worker?
(a) He knew all the other migrants and had never seen her.
(b) By her smooth skin.
(c) She spoke with a French accent.
(d) He knew her family.

3. On Ruby's first day of work, what did Tiny Fran do that Ruby found appalling?
(a) Slapped her mother.
(b) Helped Ruby clean.
(c) Vomited on the floor.
(d) Left the house.

4. What did serving at Tiny Fran's wedding make Ruby think of?
(a) A fancy dinner.
(b) Her own sorry wedding.
(c) Sudie Bee scolding a servant for sticking his fingers in the cake.
(d) Her hatred for Tiny Fran.

5. What did Jack do with his gun?
(a) Used it for target practice.
(b) Showed it to little kids.
(c) Killed John.
(d) Nothing.

6. What was Jack's father like?
(a) Abusive.
(b) Religious.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Mean.

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

8. How did Ruby meet John Woodrow?
(a) He was a migrant worker on her family's farm.
(b) He was a local salesman that came to the door one day.
(c) Her mother set her up on a blind date.
(d) Jack Stokes introduced them.

9. What is Ruby's dying request?
(a) A good meal.
(b) A cigarette.
(c) A hot shower.
(d) A kiss.

10. What does Ruby wish she could change?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her diagnosis and the way she handled Jack that day.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her whole life.

11. When Ruby is in her coffin, what does Jack do?
(a) Gives her a kiss.
(b) Fixes her make-up.
(c) Hides her ashy fingers.
(d) Knocks over the casket.

12. Who is the first woman Jack ever really loved?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Frances.
(d) June.

13. When they first met, what did Jack tell Ruby about her husband?
(a) He had been in a bar fight.
(b) He smelled bad.
(c) He would leave her.
(d) He was a jerk.

14. Why did Burr agree to marry Tiny Fran?
(a) He was lonely.
(b) Lonnie threatened to kill him if he didn't.
(c) He wanted the land Lonnie offered in exchange for marrying her.
(d) Burr loved Tiny Fran.

15. Why did Frances want Ruby to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?
(a) Ruby asked if she could help out.
(b) No one else would do it.
(c) She liked the idea of having a white servant.
(d) Frances wanted Ruby and her daughter to be friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Initially, how did Ruby perceive John Woodrow?

2. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?

3. Who thought it was a bad idea to let the migrants in the Pitt's house for lunch?

4. What was Jack's mother like?

5. What does Ruby realize a dying person needs?

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