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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Brother Vern's demands in Julia's house?
(a) Money.
(b) Respect.
(c) Justice.
(d) Quiet.

2. With whom does Julia begin to spend more time by the end of the novel?
(a) Brother Vern.
(b) Sam.
(c) Phil.
(d) Edward.

3. Who arrives to see Julia as she is talking to Pastor Ledbetter and Dr. Fowler?
(a) Brother Vern.
(b) Sam Murdoch.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Deputy Bates.

4. Which one of Hazel's cousins drives the black truck in pursuit of Julia's car?
(a) Donnie.
(b) Jerome.
(c) Sam.
(d) Eddie Lee.

5. At what conclusion does Julia arrive after meeting with Pastor Ledbetter and Dr. Fowler?
(a) They were taping her.
(b) They were playing with her mind.
(c) They were trying to seduce her.
(d) They are kind to think of her welfare.

6. What is Julia's reaction to the news that Hazel and Little Lloyd will be leaving?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She is devastated.
(c) She is relieved.
(d) She is surprised.

7. What suggestion does Pastor Ledbetter have for Julia?
(a) That she move in with her daughter.
(b) That she marry Sam.
(c) That she move into a home for the aged.
(d) That she fire Lillian.

8. Who is Leonard Conover?
(a) The prosecuting attorney.
(b) The newspaper editor.
(c) A college professor.
(d) The Clerk of Courts.

9. What disorder does Pastor Ledbetter tell Julia that she suffers from?
(a) Sinus problems.
(b) Food allergies.
(c) Nymphomania.
(d) Schizophrenia.

10. Who becomes a couple by the end of the novel?
(a) Julia and Sam.
(b) Binkie and Deputy Bates.
(c) Deputy Bates and Hazel.
(d) Sam and Lillian.

11. Who arrives at Julia's home in Chapter 23?
(a) Detective Peavey.
(b) Sheriff Gillis.
(c) Pastor Ledbetter.
(d) Brother Vern.

12. Who bursts in to interrupt Dr. Fowler and Julia?
(a) Sam Murdoch.
(b) Brother Vern.
(c) Pastor Ledbetter.
(d) Hazel Puckett.

13. To what does Dr. Fowler say he will testify?
(a) Julia has Alzheimer's.
(b) Julia is a sex addict.
(c) Julia cannot care for herself.
(d) Julia is perfectly competent.

14. Little Lloyd tells the women that Brother Vern insisted that Hazel had __________________.
(a) something of his father's that she wouldn't give to him.
(b) an expired driver's license.
(c) rare coins in her house.
(d) just a few more days to live.

15. Who is the special guest on Brother Vern's program?
(a) Stedman Jones.
(b) Barbara Walters.
(c) Paris Hilton.
(d) Kathy Griffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Julia meet Dr. Fowler?

2. To whom does Little Lloyd give the envelope his father gave him the night he died?

3. Who does Julia say she is looking for on the phone calls?

4. Why is Lillian afraid she will go to jail?

5. Why does Julia meet with Dr. Fowler?

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