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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mavis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Connie sell to earn money?
(a) Papal indulgences.
(b) Moonshine.
(c) Quilts and glass figurines.
(d) Hot peppers, homemade pies, and vegetables.

2. Why did the families who settled Ruby leave Haven?
(a) Angry white mobs burned their homes.
(b) The railroad gave them cash and new land.
(c) The price of cotton fell to unprofitable levels.
(d) They fled an outbreak of yellow fever.

3. The men are from what town?
(a) Norman.
(b) Guymon.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Ruby.

4. How many churches are located within the distance of one mile in Ruby?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Two
(d) Three.

5. What is beyond the cellar door that one of the twins and his nephew smash?
(a) A tunnel to the Indian Reservation.
(b) The Devil's bedroom.
(c) An iron foundry.
(d) Spare parts for the electric generator.

Short Answer Questions

1. The town of Ruby is named after whom?

2. The men who visit the Convent believe that there are none of what type of women in the town of Ruby?

3. Who was the only person to die in the town that became Ruby, Oklahoma during a period of two decades?

4. What did the men do together before telling K.D. to get his rifle?

5. How did Connie meet the old woman she tends at the Convent?

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