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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) He ignored them.
(b) He laughed off his troubles.
(c) With rage.
(d) Quietly, but with sense.

2. Who else did Jack love?
(a) Frances.
(b) Mavis.
(c) His mother.
(d) Tiny Fran.

3. Who informed Ruby of John's death?
(a) Tiny Fran.
(b) Burr.
(c) Jack.
(d) A migrant worker.

4. Whose property did Jack turn down?
(a) Tiny Fran's.
(b) Ruby's.
(c) Burr's.
(d) June's.

5. After finally having enough of John, what did Ruby do?
(a) Got a divorce.
(b) Beat up John.
(c) Ran away.
(d) Bought a pistol.

6. How did Ruby and John get married?
(a) At Ruby's family farm.
(b) They eloped.
(c) In Las Vegas.
(d) In a church.

7. How did meeting Ruby change Jack's life?
(a) It made him angry.
(b) It made him go crazy.
(c) It made him sad.
(d) It defined his life; he became a man.

8. After John's death, why didn't Ruby go back to her family's farm?
(a) She couldn't remember where it was.
(b) She was ashamed.
(c) She hated it there.
(d) Her parents wouldn't have her.

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

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

11. How did John Woodrow plan to buy a house?
(a) By gambling.
(b) By saving.
(c) By building one himself.
(d) By asking Ruby's father for her portion of her inheritance early.

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

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

14. What did Jack's mother never do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Bake pies.
(c) Sing.
(d) Work.

15. What is Ruby's bad habit?
(a) Recklessness.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Cursing.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby realize a dying person needs?

2. How does Jack feel about Ruby after she has passed?

3. Who showed Ruby how to smoke?

4. When they had lunch in the Pitt's house, what did the migrant workers do?

5. When recalling her diagnosis, what does Ruby think of?

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