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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 is weighing on Julia's mind as she spends an afternoon at home?
(a) Her upcoming dinner party.
(b) Christmas shopping.
(c) Little Lloyd's safety.
(d) Volunteering at the hospital.

2. What does Deputy Bates tell Julia about his earlier discovery?
(a) Someone has tapped her phone.
(b) He is going on vacation for two weeks.
(c) The blood in the Puckett garage is human.
(d) She should get new locks on her doors.

3. In what state did Julia grow up?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Virginia.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) California.

4. Who comes to Julia's house late one night?
(a) Hazel Puckett.
(b) Pastor Ledbetter.
(c) Brother Vern.
(d) Sam.

5. Binkie Enloe tells Julia that ______________ has filed a lawsuit against the estate.
(a) Hazel Puckett.
(b) No one.
(c) The church.
(d) Wesley's brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sam Murdoch?

2. What question does Julia have for LuAnne Conover?

3. What does Julia claim ignorance about?

4. Who is Lillian?

5. What person accompanies the person in #6?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the nature of the relationship between Julia and Wesley Lloyd and why did he choose her for his wife?

2. What advice does Binkie Enloe give to Julia regarding any lawsuits filed?

3. How recently has Julia Springer been widowed and what is she doing as the novel begins?

4. What does Julia learn about her husband's wealth and her inheritance?

5. Why does Julia feel she cannot talk to Pastor Ledbetter about all the problems that have cropped up in her life recently?

6. What does Sam advise Julia to do in order to check on Little Lloyd?

7. Describe the events that happened to Hazel after she and Brother Vern dropped Little Lloyd at Julia's house.

8. What is Julia's first response after the boy is left at her house and why does she change her mind?

9. Why does Julia not know how to deal with any romantic overtures from Sam?

10. How is Julia selfless in the ways that she helps Hazel and Little Lloyd?

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