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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carey decide to do to help Helen?
(a) Recommends couples counseling.
(b) There is nothing he can do.
(c) Suggests psychiatric help.
(d) Finds her a job.

2. What does Helen tell Carey about Milton?
(a) She hates him.
(b) He has lost another job.
(c) He is having an affair.
(d) He is terminally ill.

3. Why does Carey Carr take Helen to the location in #85?
(a) She refuses to go with Milton.
(b) Her car is not running.
(c) She is afraid to go alone.
(d) She is too grief stricken to drive.

4. What is the name of Helen's brother who was at the Loftis home at the time?
(a) Robert.
(b) Harry.
(c) Edward.
(d) Michael.

5. Where had Peyton been for three months in Milton's flashback?
(a) Visiting relatives.
(b) In a psychiatric facility.
(c) At camp.
(d) College.

6. Where will Helen's brother be going after his visit with her family?
(a) Seminary.
(b) College.
(c) London.
(d) War.

7. What are Milton's feelings about his marriage to Helen?
(a) He wants her to take him back.
(b) He wants to remain separated.
(c) He wants a divorce.
(d) He loves her but he can't be married to her.

8. What is the topic of the meeting between Helen and Dolly?
(a) College choices for their kids.
(b) A school fundraiser.
(c) Prom dresses for their daughters.
(d) Dolly's affair with Milton.

9. What is the message of the telegram Milton receives?
(a) Tuition due right away.
(b) Come to Charlottesville right away.
(c) Send money right away.
(d) Maddie had baby girl.

10. What is Carey's first impression of Helen?
(a) She is grieving.
(b) She is a joy.
(c) She is intense.
(d) She is morose.

11. Who has an emotional outburst in Helen's bedroom?
(a) Maudie.
(b) Milton.
(c) La Ruth.
(d) Helen.

12. Why does Peyton leave the family celebration early?
(a) She and her mother had a fight.
(b) The weather was getting bad.
(c) She had to study for exams.
(d) She had to get back for work.

13. Where does Dolly admit to Helen that she had been intimate with Milton?
(a) At Peyton's birthday party at the club.
(b) After church.
(c) At a football game.
(d) After a School Board meeting.

14. Where do Carey and Helen meet the hearse on the way to the cemetery?
(a) A bar.
(b) A roadside rest.
(c) A gas station.
(d) A convenience store.

15. Helen's demeanor is always ______________.
(a) Sullen.
(b) Restrained.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Joyful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carey's impression when he sees Helen ready to leave for the funeral?

2. What is Helen's remark as she and Carey leave the house?

3. What reason does Dolly give Helen for Milton's interest in Dolly?

4. Where does Carey Carr take Helen at the beginning of Chapter 4?

5. What did Milton watch during Peyton's wedding?

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