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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Laurel hope to find in Judge's library besides her mother's letters?
(a) Proof that he was her father.
(b) Speeches he wrote when he was mayor.
(c) The will.
(d) Anything that would explain her father more clearly to her.

2. Why would Judge want to keep evidence of his first wife from Fay?
(a) To keep Fay from destroying them.
(b) To keep Fay from getting jealous.
(c) To keep those memories sacred.
(d) To protect Fay from Judge's continuing feelings for his first wife.

3. What does Laurel see in Judge's face after Fay's abuse?
(a) Laurel sees that Judge is in love with Fay.
(b) Laurel sees that Judge is angry.
(c) Laurel sees that Judge is dying.
(d) Laurel sees that Judge's eye has been reinjured.

4. Who comforts Laurel after the funeral?
(a) Major Bullock.
(b) Fay.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Miss Adele.

5. What does the pain symbolize to Laurel?
(a) Valentines.
(b) Judge's death.
(c) Blood.
(d) Fay's imprint on everything in Judge's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Courtland call to meet Fay and Laurel in Mississippi?

2. Where does Laurel believe her father will be buried?

3. How often did Laurel's mother write to Judge?

4. How does Fay react to her family's arrival?

5. What does the absence of the letters symbolize to Laurel?

(see the answer key)

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