2. Where does the Loftis family live?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Savannah, Georgia.
(c) Greensboro, North Carolina.
(d) Port Warwick, Virginia.

3. Who is the funeral director's assistant?
(a) Buddy.
(b) Billings.
(c) Barclay.
(d) Bowman.

4. Who is Milton talking to when Dolly finds him?
(a) Hazel.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Sam.
(d) Maude.

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

6. What does Mr. Casper do to the hearse at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) He gets it running.
(b) He sells it.
(c) He trades it in.
(d) He takes it to a mechanic.

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

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

9. What was one of the reasons Helen thought Milton would destroy their family?
(a) His drinking problem.
(b) His lack of love for her.
(c) His affairs.
(d) His unemployment.

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

11. Who is Milton Loftis' older daughter?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Maryann.
(c) Maude.
(d) Marissa.

12. What does Milton recall about Dolly?
(a) How beautiful she used to be.
(b) Their college days.
(c) Why he once loved her.
(d) Her heart surgery.

13. Who is Mrs. La Farge's son?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Stephen.
(c) Charles.
(d) Evan.

14. Who comforts Peyton when her parents fight at the party?
(a) Skip.
(b) Clay.
(c) Seth.
(d) Charlie.

15. What was Dolly's ex-husband's nickname?
(a) Pookie.
(b) Killer.
(c) Bud.
(d) Champ.