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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the novel opens, the narrator describes a train trip from __________________ to Port Warwick.
(a) Richmond.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Savannah.

2. How had Dolly always felt about Milton's relationship with Peyton?
(a) She thought it was sweet.
(b) She was jealous of it.
(c) She thought it was incestuous.
(d) She thought it was inappropriate.

3. The body is being transported from the train station to ___________________.
(a) The funeral home.
(b) The church.
(c) The crematorium.
(d) The cemetery.

4. Where does Carey Carr take Helen at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) The funeral home.
(b) Church.
(c) Ladies luncheon.
(d) School Board meeting.

5. What is the literary technique used when portraying Helen as restrained on the day of her daughter's funeral when the person in #100 has an emotional outburst?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Irony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carey decide to do to help Helen?

2. What was one of the reasons Helen thought Milton would destroy their family?

3. What drink do Milton and Dolly have at the bar?

4. Who is Mrs. La Farge's son?

5. What is Helen doing when Carey arrives at her house?

(see the answer key)

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