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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. What flashback does Milton have while stopped at the gas station?
(a) Thanksgiving 1942.
(b) Christmas 1941.
(c) Christmas 1960.
(d) Fourth of July 1945.

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

3. Why does Peyton leave the family celebration early?
(a) She had to study for exams.
(b) She and her mother had a fight.
(c) The weather was getting bad.
(d) She had to get back for work.

4. Where do Carey and Helen meet the hearse on the way to the cemetery?
(a) A convenience store.
(b) A roadside rest.
(c) A bar.
(d) A gas station.

5. Why does Helen take Maudie on the trip in #118?
(a) They are going on a shopping trip.
(b) They are going sightseeing.
(c) She has been having leg pain.
(d) They are going to the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peyton find Milton at the end of the football game?

2. Why has the hearse stopped on the way to the cemetery?

3. What is Dolly's first stop when she returns from a business trip?

4. Who has an emotional outburst in Helen's bedroom?

5. What is the topic of the meeting between Helen and Dolly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Helen blame for Maudie's death?

2. What does Helen do when Dolly calls the Loftis home on Christmas?

3. What does Milton do to embarrass himself at the university football game?

4. Why is Helen so angry with Peyton and Milton on Peyton's wedding day?

5. What is the significance of the characters coming closer to the cemetery?

6. What is ironic about La Ruth's outburst on the day of Peyton's funeral?

7. What do Carey and Milton talk about while waiting in the roadhouse for the hearse to be repaired?

8. What does Dick do while Helen and Maudie are out of town and he has the house to himself?

9. What is the nature of the letter Milton writes to Peyton while Helen and Maudie are out of town?

10. What is the nature of Christmas 1941 in the Loftis household?

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