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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ruby finally visit her parents?
(a) After she turned 30.
(b) She never did.
(c) After she married Jack.
(d) When she got pregnant.

2. Who killed the mule?
(a) Nature.
(b) Roland.
(c) Nobody knows.
(d) Burr.

3. At the end of the story, who does Jack think has visited him in the night?
(a) Ruby.
(b) An angel.
(c) God.
(d) June.

4. How does Jack's first solo meal turn out?
(a) Raw and awful.
(b) Perfect.
(c) The book doesn't say.
(d) He burns it.

5. On the housekeeper's first day, what is the first thing to break?
(a) The door.
(b) The TV.
(c) The toilet.
(d) The table.

6. What does Burr's gift do for Jack?
(a) It gives Jack a hobby.
(b) Give him companionship.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Give him something to live for.

7. Who had to bail the migrant workers out of jail in the middle of the night?
(a) John Woodrow.
(b) Lonnie.
(c) Jack.
(d) Ruby.

8. What did Tiny Fran fail to inform June about?
(a) Bra sizing.
(b) Menstruation.
(c) How babies are made.
(d) Acne treatments.

9. Who did not attend Burr's wedding?
(a) Lonnie.
(b) Tiny Fran.
(c) His parents.
(d) Jack.

10. At the reception, what did Ruby joke about doing?
(a) Poisoning Frances Hoover.
(b) Jack's penguin suit.
(c) Tiny Fran's dress.
(d) Tiny Fran's virginity.

11. When did Ruby feel pleased with herself in Chapter 8?
(a) When she went to sleep at night.
(b) When she sewed.
(c) When her bread rose.
(d) When she hugged Jack.

12. On her second day of work at the Hoover house, what did Ruby fear Tiny Fran would associate her with?
(a) The town gossip.
(b) The other migrant women.
(c) Her husband and the migrants her father had to bail out of jail.
(d) Jack.

13. What did Ruby sew for June?
(a) Curtains.
(b) A quilt.
(c) Skirts for a cruise.
(d) Aprons.

14. Who is the only person Tiny Fran ever "loved"?
(a) Burr.
(b) June.
(c) Roland.
(d) Ruby.

15. What does the housekeeper do on the second day?
(a) Cook.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Make phone calls.
(d) Bleach Jack's dungarees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ruby refused to nurse John Woodrow, but who did she say she would if she needed to?

2. After Ruby's death, how does Jack's house become?

3. When did Tiny Fran leave Burr?

4. What is the first real meal that Jack tries to make after Ruby's death?

5. Who was the best man at Burr's wedding?

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