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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 many founding families arrived in Ruby?
(a) NIne.
(b) Two.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Thirty.

2. What is one deed the Convent is blamed for that was actually committed by K.D.?
(a) The planting of marijuana.
(b) The contamination of the well.
(c) The report to the governor.
(d) The theft of the mine payroll.

3. One day, who arrives at the Convent instead of Deek?
(a) Steward Morgan.
(b) Soane Morgan.
(c) Arnette Fleetwood.
(d) Richard Misner.

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

5. Patricia's father Roger often has ideas for new what?
(a) Businesses.
(b) Political causes.
(c) Inventions.
(d) Social programs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children has Lone DuPres delivered since the last of the Fleetwood children?

2. How does Lone get to the Convent to warn the women?

3. Who did Billie first turn to after the violent argument with her mother?

4. Where is Lone when she hears the men talking?

5. Why are some of the older residents of Ruby unhappy with Richard Misner?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How do the town of Ruby and the Convent share joint responsibility for the field of marijuana?

5. Though she was welcomed back home by her father, why did Pallas return to the Convent?

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

7. 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?

8. What do the women of the Convent do after Connie draws their outlines on the basement floor?

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

10. Why does Lone believe that the men of Ruby want to get rid of the women at the Convent?

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