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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Dolly always think of Peyton?
(a) Spoiled.
(b) Charming.
(c) Witty.
(d) Gracious.

3. What does Helen admit to Carey on the day they meet?
(a) She wants to commit suicide.
(b) She has had an abortion.
(c) She hates her daughter, Peyton.
(d) She is in love with him.

4. Why did Milton feel such a sense of shame?
(a) Because his marriage was a fiasco.
(b) Because he had two failed businesses.
(c) Because he was fired.
(d) Because he had multiple affairs.

5. Why does Helen get mad at Milton at the birthday party?
(a) He dances with all the women but her.
(b) He gives alcohol to Peyton.
(c) He is caught kissing Dolly.
(d) He gets drunk and passes out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Helen's demeanor as they leave the house for the funeral?

2. Where is Peyton living after leaving college?

3. Why does the person in #100 have an emotional outburst?

4. 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?

5. Why did Peyton go to the city mentioned in #70?

(see the answer key)

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