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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the issue of Arnette's pregnancy is being worked out, what woman is K.D. most fascinated with?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Connie.
(c) Gigi.
(d) Toni.

2. What is Gigi's real name?
(a) She never reveals her true name.
(b) Ginger Gentry.
(c) Gertrude Guest.
(d) Grace.

3. Who does K.D. blame for Arnette's pregnancy?
(a) Arnette.
(b) Deek.
(c) Himself.
(d) Connie.

4. Where do Seneca and Sweetie walk together?
(a) To the community oven.
(b) The Convent.
(c) In the garden.
(d) To the well.

5. Who sits beside Mavis while the interview is taking place?
(a) Mavis' three surviving children.
(b) A police officer.
(c) The undertaker.
(d) Her attorney.

6. What does Mavis come to believe about her husband's and children's intentions toward her?
(a) She believes they plan to kill her.
(b) She believes they plan to collaborate on a book about her life.
(c) She believes they are planning a surprise party.
(d) She believes they intend to save money to help her retire soon.

7. What unwashed, unprepared objects in the pantry at the Convent lead the men to believe that the women at the Convent are lazier than the women in Ruby?
(a) Rice bowls.
(b) Canning jars.
(c) China figurines.
(d) Sheep shears.

8. What were the names of Soane and Deek's sons?
(a) Jeff and David.
(b) Easter and Scout.
(c) Bernard and Arthur.
(d) Arthur and Benjamin.

9. What was the former profession of the old woman Connie tends?
(a) Nun.
(b) Train conductor.
(c) Composer.
(d) Probation officer.

10. What does the woman who hires Seneca claim she needs?
(a) A model for her painting.
(b) A live-in nurse.
(c) A typist.
(d) A cook.

11. What does Mavis do to the Cadillac in Newark?
(a) She has it painted.
(b) She sets it on fire to conceal the evidence.
(c) She sells it to a gangster.
(d) She trades it for a bus ticket.

12. Why does Mavis begin walking instead of driving the Cadillac?
(a) The road is too narrow for a big car.
(b) The weather is wonderful.
(c) The car runs out of gasoline.
(d) She fears the car attracts too much attention.

13. Who stops to ask if Sweetie Fleetwood needs a ride?
(a) Roger Best.
(b) Mavis Albright.
(c) A man driving a truck.
(d) Toni Morrison.

14. What state is the town of Ruby located?
(a) Texas.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Arkansas.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color was the Cadillac originally?

2. Who is the youngest male in the Morgan family?

3. Why does Connie have to tend to the old woman?

4. Where had most of the residents of Ruby resided prior to starting the town of Ruby?

5. What is beyond the cellar door that one of the twins and his nephew smash?

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