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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. Why does Connie have to tend to the old woman?
(a) Connie is the old woman's slave.
(b) The old woman is a fugitive from the law.
(c) The old woman is bedridden.
(d) Connie owes the old woman money.

2. What was Mavis purchasing when the twins died?
(a) Books for college.
(b) A new dress.
(c) Automobile insurance.
(d) Wieners.

3. At the Convent, what does Roger load into his vehicle?
(a) Sacks of grain.
(b) A body.
(c) Vegetables from Connie's garden.
(d) Seventeen bags of rice.

4. What is Gigi searching for when she arrives in Ruby?
(a) Her birth mother.
(b) A mountain that looks like two lovers locked in embrace.
(c) Employment.
(d) Mavis's Cadillac.

5. How many hotels are located in Ruby?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Two plus the diner and boardinghouse.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many restaurants does Ruby have?

2. Who takes Mavis to get gasoline for her car?

3. What was the former profession of the old woman Connie tends?

4. What is Richard Misner advocating on behalf of the young people?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Seneca go to Wichita, and why was the trip unproductive?

2. Why does Mavis become frightened during the interview, and why does she decide to flee?

3. Why is the town of Ruby not a place that attracts travelers?

4. Why is there instant animosity between Mavis and Gigi?

5. When there is a problem in Ruby who handles it?

6. What conditions does Mavis's mother place on Mavis being able to stay at her house?

7. What does Connie do to earn a meager income?

8. What means do the Morgan twins use to help their nephew out of trouble when he impregnates Arnette?

9. How does Mavis retrieve her car and get it to the Convent?

10. Why do the men from Ruby go to the Convent?

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