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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who gave Jack a gun?
(a) John.
(b) Burr.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Tiny Fran.

3. What was Jack's mother like?
(a) Kind and gentle.
(b) Tough and strong.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Indifferent.

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

5. Why didn't Jack want someone else's property?
(a) He didn't want to own anything.
(b) No one ever offered him property.
(c) He only wanted property in Florida.
(d) He didn't want what he didn't know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby realize a dying person needs?

2. How old was Jack when his mother died?

3. When Ruby is in her coffin, what does Jack do?

4. What did Mrs. Hoover tell Tiny Fran to do?

5. What did Ruby think of when Jack shot his gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jack do while Ruby was in her coffin, and why?

2. What did Ruby plan to do to John Woodrow after she caught him cheating?

3. What did Ruby and Jack's mother have in common?

4. Why did Frances Hoover want Ruby to serve at Tiny Fran's wedding?

5. What was Jack's first impression of Ruby?

6. How did Jack's father die?

7. What kind of person was Tiny Fran?

8. What happened the last time Ruby saw John Woodrow?

9. Describe Ruby's upbringing and why she was unprepared for someone like John Woodrow.

10. Why did Burr agree to marry Tiny Fran?

(see the answer keys)

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