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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Milton's daughter living when she wrote him the letter that he reads while waiting at the train station?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York City.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

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

4. What is the main industry in Port Warwick?
(a) Healthcare.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Shipbuilding.
(d) Automotive.

5. The body is being transported from the train station to ___________________.
(a) The cemetery.
(b) The church.
(c) The crematorium.
(d) The funeral home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Peyton struggling in her new life after college?

2. Whose words are italicized in the book?

3. In what year does the novel open?

4. What is the state of the Loftis' marriage?

5. Where had Peyton gone to college?

(see the answer key)

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