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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many years have Milton and Helen been separated?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two years.
(c) Two months.
(d) One year.

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

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

5. What about Dolly now irritates Milton?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Her clothes.
(c) Her submissiveness.
(d) Her forgetfulness.

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

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

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

9. Why is Peyton struggling in her new life after college?
(a) Difficult adjustment to married life.
(b) Her car broke down.
(c) Can't find a decent apartment.
(d) Unable to find a job.

10. What does Dolly sense about Milton lately?
(a) He is going to ask her to marry him.
(b) He is no longer in love with her.
(c) He is going to divorce Helen.
(d) He is very ill.

11. What did Helen call the person in #48?
(a) A witch.
(b) A scourge.
(c) A devil.
(d) An embarrassment.

12. Who is Milton Loftis' younger daughter?
(a) Pamela.
(b) Pauline.
(c) Peyton.
(d) Patricia.

13. Who had bound and gagged Maudie?
(a) Patricia and Buster.
(b) Peyton and Buster.
(c) Pamela and Bulldog.
(d) Peyton and Boomer.

14. Where had Peyton gone to college?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) University of Virginia.
(c) Duke University.
(d) Emory University.

15. With whom has Milton been having an affair for many years?
(a) Dorothy Barton.
(b) Doris Bowman.
(c) Dolly Bonner.
(d) Deborah Brackman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Milton's favorite child?

2. When the narrative shifts to Peyton's birthday, what year is it?

3. Where was Milton's daughter living when she wrote him the letter that he reads while waiting at the train station?

4. Who is Milton Loftis' older daughter?

5. How did Dolly feel about Peyton?

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