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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position did Helen adopt in life?
(a) Martyr.
(b) Helpmate.
(c) Heroine.
(d) Visionary.

2. Whose words are italicized in the book?
(a) Helen's mother's.
(b) Helen's.
(c) Peyton's.
(d) Milton's father's.

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

4. How can Dolly best be characterized?
(a) Sullen.
(b) Flirtatious.
(c) Dignified.
(d) Shy.

5. In what month does the body arrive at the train station?
(a) March.
(b) November.
(c) January.
(d) August.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dolly's son?

2. What did Peyton always call Dolly?

3. Where does Dolly find Milton?

4. What distinguishing characteristic has Milton had since childhood?

5. What do Milton and Helen argue about at Peyton's party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dolly's feelings about Peyton.

2. What did Peyton and Buster do to Maudie that ends in Helen's slapping Peyton in front of people?

3. How does the experience of the black people contrast with the lives of the supposedly more fortunate Loftis family?

4. How does the narrator address the reader and how is setting established in the novel?

5. Who are the main characters in LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS?

6. How do Dolly and Helen differ in their views on motherhood?

7. Explain the narrative structure of LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS.

8. Where does Dolly find Milton when the train arrives at the station?

9. How does Helen use Maudie's physical afflictions as a tool?

10. What is significant about the letter that Milton reads while waiting for the train?

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