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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To whom is Milton writing a letter while Helen and Maudie are out of town?
(a) Helen.
(b) Maudie.
(c) Peyton.
(d) Dolly.

3. What does Helen tell Milton and Peyton when they return to the hospital?
(a) Maudie has to stay for awhile.
(b) Maudie is dead.
(c) Maudie is dying.
(d) Maudie is being released.

4. What does the person in #100 want Helen to do about Milton?
(a) Divorce him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Separate for a little while.
(d) Take him back.

5. What does Helen admit to Carey on the day they meet?
(a) She hates her daughter, Peyton.
(b) She has had an abortion.
(c) She wants to commit suicide.
(d) She is in love with him.

6. 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.

7. Where does Carey Carr take Helen at the beginning of Chapter 4?
(a) Church.
(b) School Board meeting.
(c) The funeral home.
(d) Ladies luncheon.

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

9. What type of kiss does Milton give Peyton on her wedding day?
(a) Light kiss on forehead.
(b) Peck on cheek.
(c) Inappropriate.
(d) None.

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

11. What is Carey's impression when he sees Helen ready to leave for the funeral?
(a) She is so pale and gaunt.
(b) She looks younger than ever.
(c) She is incredibly sad.
(d) She is old and ugly.

12. Why does the funeral party stop at a gas station?
(a) The hearse is out of gas.
(b) Dolly needs to use a restroom.
(c) The hearse overheats again.
(d) Milton needs something to drink.

13. What did Milton watch during Peyton's wedding?
(a) Peyton's face.
(b) Peyton's derriere.
(c) The minister.
(d) The candles.

14. What is Helen's remark as she and Carey leave the house?
(a) The early bird gets the worm.
(b) Better late than never.
(c) The end is near.
(d) All's fair in love and war.

15. Helen tells Carey that she no longer believes in ________________.
(a) Security.
(b) "His" God.
(c) Herself.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Dolly's ex-husband living at this time?

2. What is the literary technique used when portraying Helen as restrained on the day of her daughter's funeral when the person in #100 has an emotional outburst?

3. What does Helen reveal to Carey at Peyton's wedding?

4. Who is Peyton's husband?

5. What is Milton's condition at the end of the football game?

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