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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On whose money was Milton essentially living?
(a) Helen's.
(b) His father's.
(c) His own.
(d) His mother's.

2. Where is the train at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) It is stalled two miles from the station.
(b) It has come and gone.
(c) It has not left its departure station.
(d) It is at the station.

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

4. Whose body arrives at the train station?
(a) Grammy's.
(b) Helen's.
(c) Peyton's.
(d) Maude's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Peyton gone to college?

2. What position did Helen adopt in life?

3. Who was Dolly's ex-husband?

4. What does Helen wish she could tell Mrs. LaFarge?

5. What is Helen's most vivid recollection in this chapter?

(see the answer key)

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