View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Billie Delia's mother?
(a) Patricia Best.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Mavis Albright.
(d) Connie.

2. What are Richard and Anna contemplating?
(a) Leasing land from the Convent.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Opening Ruby's first restaurant.
(d) Opening a day care business.

3. What does Deek do immediately upon arriving at the Convent?
(a) He tries to find Connie to tell her to run.
(b) He shoots the first woman he sees.
(c) He sets fire to the barn.
(d) He drops to his knees and offers a prayer.

4. Where is Lone when she hears the men talking?
(a) Near the community oven.
(b) At Andy's candy apple stand.
(c) In the back of the saloon.
(d) On the porch of her hairdressing shop.

5. What had happened to Lone's birth mother before the group headed to Ruby arrived?
(a) She had been elected to county office.
(b) She had won the state fair quilting contest.
(c) She had contracted typhoid.
(d) She died.

Short Answer Questions

1. Patricia's father Roger often has ideas for new what?

2. What is one of the mishaps that the men of Ruby blame on the women of the Convent?

3. To what institution did the foundation donate the Convent?

4. In addition to Connie, which was the only nun to remain at the Convent?

5. How many bodies does Roger pick up at the Convent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mavis buy toys every Christmas?

2. What sort of prejudice does Patricia witness in Ruby?

3. Why does Gigi receive fifty dollars for the box she finds under the bathtub?

4. What do some of the people that try to stop the massacre seem more concerned about than the welfare of the women of the Convent?

5. What are some possible reasons for Connie spending so much time in the basement?

6. What reasons does Patricia give for not approving of Richard's talks with the young people of the town?

7. According to Lone, what do the Fleetwoods blame on the women of the Convent, and why does Lone think this makes no sense?

8. Why do some people believe that Senior Pullman's negative remarks are directed at Richard Misner?

9. What started the townspeople's idea that Billie was a wild child?

10. What were the circumstances surrounding Ruby Best's death?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 780 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample