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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Barnette leaves, it becomes apparent that:
(a) Barnette and Babe have no chance in the trial.
(b) Barnette and Babe are attracted to one another.
(c) Babe wants to reunite with Zackery.
(d) Babe wants to find another lawyer.

2. Why does Doc come over during the card game?
(a) He wants to ask about Old Granddaddy.
(b) He wants to say Happy Birthday to Lenny.
(c) He wants to know if Babe is alright.
(d) He wants to see Meg.

3. Lenny believes Old Granddaddy told her to break up with Charlie because:
(a) He did not want her to leave him.
(b) He did not want to see her hurt.
(c) He did not want her to marry a Yankee.
(d) He did not want her to get married at her age.

4. Before she called the police after shooting Zackery, Babe:
(a) Made oatmeal.
(b) Called Old Granddaddy.
(c) Called Lenny.
(d) Made lemonade.

5. Though Meg did not lie to Old Granddaddy out of cruelty:
(a) She has not considered the long-term effects of her lies.
(b) She has not tried to cover up the truth about her career.
(c) She has not tried to succeed in Hollywood.
(d) She has not considered Lenny's feelings about her career.

6. What did Babe want for her mother's funeral?
(a) She wanted to keep her mother's cat.
(b) She wanted her mother to be buried at a castle.
(c) She wanted a banana split for breakfast.
(d) She wanted a team of white horses to carry the coffin.

7. What nickname does Doc call Meg?
(a) Peggy.
(b) Becky.
(c) Meggy.
(d) Greeny.

8. Meg's comment, "forget the glasses," at the end of her scene with Doc implies:
(a) Meg is trying to forget her problems by drinking.
(b) They have had enough of being proper and want to rebel.
(c) Meg wants to vex Old Granddaddy by running away.
(d) They don't want to drink and drive.

9. At first, Doc and Meg pretend:
(a) They are still in love with one another.
(b) They do not want to spend time together.
(c) They they cannot remember one another.
(d) They cannot remember the details of their last meeting.

10. Meg hesitates at first to go out riding with Doc because:
(a) She does not want him to know she still cares for him.
(b) She feels guilty about leaving her sisters home alone.
(c) She has not forgiven her for leaving her in Biloxi.
(d) She does not want things to start up between them.

11. People in town think Meg:
(a) Caused Old Granddaddy's stroke.
(b) Was the most responsible of the Magrath girls.
(c) Should have been famous.
(d) Caused Doc's accident and then left him.

12. Meg's motivation for lying to Old Granddaddy appears to be:
(a) That she wants him to gain strength from her stories.
(b) That she wants to deceive him so he won't harass her.
(c) That she wants him to be happy in his last days.
(d) That she wants him to come home again.

13. Where do Meg and Doc go together?
(a) They go for a ride to look at the moon.
(b) They go back to Biloxi.
(c) They go to the hospital to see Old Granddaddy.
(d) They go to his house to meet his wife, Joan.

14. What does Lenny fear will prevent men from loving her?
(a) Her baldness.
(b) Her weight.
(c) Her shrunken ovary.
(d) Her inexperience.

15. What secret has Babe revealed to Meg about Lenny?
(a) Lenny has not dated anyone since high school.
(b) Lenny had been dating a man named Charlie from Memphis.
(c) Lenny has been covering up for Old Granddaddy's illness.
(d) Lenny has just turned thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Meg's comment, "sometimes I wonder what we wanted," implies:

2. Meg's desire to remain while the hurricane hit Biloxi suggests:

3. Meg claims she and Babe were talking about Lenny's relationship with Charlie because:

4. Babe surprises Barnette by:

5. Doc earned his nickname because:

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