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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 about Dolly now irritates Milton?
(a) Her voice.
(b) Her submissiveness.
(c) Her forgetfulness.
(d) Her clothes.
2. How many years have Milton and Helen been separated?
(a) Two months.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.
3. What did Helen think of Dolly and her ex-husband?
(a) She could take them or leave them.
(b) She hated them.
(c) She did not like them.
(d) She thoroughly enjoyed them.
4. What happens to the hearse carrying the body from the train station?
(a) It gets a flat tire.
(b) It keeps overheating.
(c) It crashes into a truck.
(d) It breaks down.
5. Who is the protagonist of the story?
(a) Barclay.
(b) Maude.
(c) Milton.
(d) Arnie.
Short Answer Questions
1. With whom has Milton been having an affair for many years?
2. What does Milton recall about Dolly?
3. Where does Dolly find Milton?
4. What position did Helen adopt in life?
5. How did Dolly feel about Peyton?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Milton's feelings toward Dolly at this point and why has she accompanied him to the train station?
2. Why is Dolly disheartened by Milton's behavior when they're having drinks at the country club?
3. How can Dolly best be characterized?
4. How does Helen feel about Dolly and her husband and when does she know there is something going on between Dolly and Milton?
5. How does LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS begin?
6. How does Helen use Maudie's physical afflictions as a tool?
7. As Dolly rides in the limousine on the way to the cemetery, what are her thoughts about her relationship with Milton?
8. What is the role of the country club for the Loftis family's dysfunctions?
9. Where does Dolly find Milton when the train arrives at the station?
10. How does the author provide more in-depth information about Milton and Helen's marriage?
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