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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is Peyton on her birthday in Chapter 3?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 13.
(d) 21.

3. What is the tone of Helen's memories?
(a) Somber.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Erratic.
(d) Joyful.

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

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

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

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

8. How had Dolly always felt about Milton's relationship with Peyton?
(a) She was jealous of it.
(b) She thought it was incestuous.
(c) She thought it was sweet.
(d) She thought it was inappropriate.

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

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

11. Who becomes hysterical when Maudie is found bound and gagged?
(a) Helen.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Peyton.
(d) La Ruth.

12. Whose face did Helen slap after Maudie was found bound and gagged?
(a) Ella's.
(b) La Ruth's.
(c) Dolly's.
(d) Peyton's.

13. What does Dolly realize about why Milton asked her to go to the train station with him?
(a) That she was Peyton's godmother.
(b) That Helen wouldn't go.
(c) That she was so supportive of him.
(d) That his car was not running.

14. How long has Milton been having an affair with Dolly at this point?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Helen recall in this chapter?

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

3. Why does Milton ask Dolly to accompany him to the train station?

4. Why did Helen think Milton invited the Bonners to their home so often?

5. What item is mentioned in the letter to Milton?

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