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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what event did Julia Mortimer insist on keeping school in session until the roof was blown off?
(a) A flood.
(b) A cyclone.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A hurricane.

2. What fruit does Mr. Renfro say Sam Dale and a woman played against in a picking race?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Gooseberries.
(c) Dewberry.
(d) Blackberries.

3. How many reasons does Gloria ask from Julia Mortimer for why she shouldn't marry Jack?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. Who is the person that had been caring for Julia Mortimer for the past few years?
(a) Lexie.
(b) Willy.
(c) Beulah.
(d) Fay.

5. Who does Granny Vaughn say she has just been to wake, but has in fact been dead a number of years, in Part 3?
(a) Sam Dale.
(b) Curtis Beecham.
(c) Oscar Moody.
(d) Curly Stovall.

6. What does Jack carry at the beginning of Part 4 that is stuffed with food for Aycock?
(a) A basket.
(b) A bag.
(c) A syrup bucket.
(d) A barrell.

7. What do all the women at the reunion fuss over in regards to the rip in Gloria's dress?
(a) The color.
(b) The material.
(c) The length.
(d) The shape.

8. How long does Judge Moody admit he had Julia Mortimer's letter before receiving a second one?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) A year.
(d) A month.

9. Who arrives at the reunion in Part 5 and is unhappy to see the Moody's are present?
(a) Nathan Beecham.
(b) Curtis Beecham.
(c) Homer Champion.
(d) Curly Stovall.

10. What creeps upon the reunion without them even noticing at the beginning of Part 5?
(a) A dog.
(b) Curly Stovall.
(c) A moose.
(d) Nightfall.

11. What is the only thing inside the second letter Julia Mortimer sent to Judge Moody?
(a) A map to Alliance.
(b) A lock of hair.
(c) A prayer.
(d) Please.

12. What is heard the night after the reunion after it begins to rain?
(a) A yell.
(b) A crack like thunder.
(c) Singing.
(d) Laughing.

13. What are the contents of the small book Willy Trimble produces that he had taken from Julia Mortimer's house in Part 4?
(a) A love letter.
(b) Julia Mortimer's will.
(c) A map.
(d) Jack's will.

14. What is Jack's middle name?
(a) Jethro.
(b) James.
(c) Jordan.
(d) Ralph.

15. Who comes over to Gloria and trims her dress after she is attached and force-fed?
(a) Fay.
(b) Beulah.
(c) Cleo.
(d) Lexie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Judge incredulous about regarding the family's treatment of him when he first arrives at the reunion?

2. What does Lexie continue to recount while mending Gloria's dress in Part 4?

3. According to Julia Mortimer's will, who must attend her funeral?

4. What do the women at the reunion try and force feed to Gloria after she says she doesn't want to be a Beecham?

5. Who does Granny tell the family is the person who could be Gloria's mother?

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