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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item is mentioned in the letter to Milton?
(a) Typewriter.
(b) Alarm clock.
(c) Hair brush.
(d) Car.

2. What did Helen think of Dolly and her ex-husband?
(a) She did not like them.
(b) She could take them or leave them.
(c) She hated them.
(d) She thoroughly enjoyed them.

3. What is Helen's most vivid recollection in this chapter?
(a) Peyton's Broadway debut.
(b) The day Peyton left for college.
(c) The day she learned that Peyton was dead.
(d) The day Peyton had her first child.

4. On whom did Milton continually lavish attention?
(a) Helen.
(b) Maudie.
(c) Peyton.
(d) Ellea.

5. What do Milton and Helen argue about at Peyton's party?
(a) The cake does not arrive.
(b) Milton spends too much on the band.
(c) Milton's friends get drunk and obnoxious.
(d) Milton gives Peyton whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of relationship did Milton have with his father?

2. Where had Peyton gone to college?

3. What does Helen recollect about Milton in this chapter?

4. Whose words are italicized in the book?

5. In what year does the novel open?

(see the answer key)

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