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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laurel hope is in bloom at her mother's grave?
(a) Hibiscus.
(b) Magnolia.
(c) Camelia.
(d) Roses.

2. What disturbs Laurel during the funeral service?
(a) The noises from the new interstate.
(b) A woodchuck peeking up under the coffin.
(c) Fay's crying.
(d) A mosquito.

3. Where is Judge buried?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) Beside Laurel's mother.
(d) In the new section of the cemetery.

4. Who does Dr. Courtland call to meet Fay and Laurel in Mississippi?
(a) His sister, Miss Adele.
(b) Missouri, Judge's maid.
(c) The bridesmaids, Laurel's close friends.
(d) Major Bullock, Judge's good friend.

5. What does Laurel hope to find in Judge's library besides her mother's letters?
(a) Anything that would explain her father more clearly to her.
(b) The will.
(c) Speeches he wrote when he was mayor.
(d) Proof that he was her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comforts Laurel after the funeral?

2. Who put the paint on the desk?

3. What does Laurel find in her father's library?

4. Why would Judge want to keep evidence of his first wife from Fay?

5. What does Fay do when Laurel tells her Judge might be dying?

(see the answer key)

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