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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Helen recollect about Milton in this chapter?
(a) His pleas for reconciliation.
(b) His becoming a father for the first time.
(c) His proposal of marriage.
(d) His college days.

2. What is Peyton's interest in men?
(a) She wants to be in love.
(b) She wants to lose her virginity.
(c) What they are able to give her.
(d) Where they are going to college.

3. Who is the Loftis family's cook?
(a) Ellen Stachler.
(b) Ella Sizemore.
(c) Ella Swan.
(d) Elaine Swenson.

4. What did Peyton always call Dolly?
(a) Dotty.
(b) My father's mistress.
(c) Aunt Dolly.
(d) Doll face.

5. What happens to the hearse carrying the body from the train station?
(a) It crashes into a truck.
(b) It keeps overheating.
(c) It gets a flat tire.
(d) It breaks down.

6. What was the only reason Helen continued to stay with Milton?
(a) Their daughter, Maudie.
(b) She didn't want to leave her home.
(c) She wanted to work it out.
(d) He made good money.

7. To what conclusion does Milton come about Helen?
(a) There is something mentally wrong with her.
(b) She is cunning and manipulative.
(c) She is a saint to have put up with him.
(d) She never loved him.

8. What does Helen wish she could tell Mrs. LaFarge?
(a) How handsome her husband is.
(b) About Peyton's boyfriends.
(c) About Milton's philandering.
(d) To shut up.

9. What was Milton's nickname in college?
(a) Blow.
(b) Frat boy.
(c) Bud.
(d) Left us.

10. In what month does the body arrive at the train station?
(a) March.
(b) November.
(c) August.
(d) January.

11. How did Milton perceive the advice his father gave him?
(a) He didn't pay much attention to it.
(b) He used what he could.
(c) He discarded it.
(d) He clung to every word.

12. What did Milton learn to do in college?
(a) Study.
(b) Drive.
(c) Drink heavily.
(d) Shoot heroin.

13. Who is the protagonist of the story?
(a) Arnie.
(b) Milton.
(c) Barclay.
(d) Maude.

14. What is Maudie's condition that keeps her mother preoccupied with her?
(a) She has epilepsy.
(b) She is a diabetic.
(c) She has Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) She is developmentally delayed.

15. Where did Milton take Peyton to cheer her up after the altercation with her mother?
(a) The coast.
(b) The theme park.
(c) The movies.
(d) The ice cream shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose money was Milton essentially living?

2. What is the tone of Helen's memories?

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

4. What about Dolly now irritates Milton?

5. What was Dolly's ex-husband's nickname?

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