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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What shocks Laurel about her parent's bedroom?
(a) Fay has covered everything in peach satin.
(b) The furniture is all different.
(c) Laurel's mother's desk is missing.
(d) There are no pictures of Laurel in the room.

2. Why is Laurel concerned about her father?
(a) Laurel is a worrier who is always concerned about her loved ones.
(b) Judge normally does not admit to concerns for his personal health.
(c) Laurel thinks he is being abused.
(d) Judge has been sick for a long time.

3. Who does Laurel find in the kitchen when she wakes?
(a) The bridesmaids.
(b) Miss Adele.
(c) Fay.
(d) Missouri.

4. Why does Judge need to see the doctor?
(a) Judge needs immunizations to travel.
(b) Judge is having trouble with his eye sight.
(c) Judge has been feeling sick to his stomach.
(d) Judge has high blood pressure.

5. How do Fay and Laurel travel back to Mississippi?
(a) By train.
(b) By car.
(c) By bus.
(d) By plane.

6. What is wrong with Judge's eye?
(a) He has a brain tumor.
(b) He has cataracts.
(c) He has diabetic eye disease.
(d) The retina has slipped.

7. Who attempts to befriend Fay at the Hibiscus Hotel?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Judge.
(c) Dr. Courtland.
(d) Miss Adele.

8. How does Fay react when Dr. Courtland says Judge has died?
(a) Fay tells Dr. Courtland she does not believe him.
(b) Fay thanks Dr. Courtland for all his hard work.
(c) Fay accuses Dr. Courtland of allowing Judge to die on her birthday.
(d) Fay accuses Dr.Courtland of killing her husband.

9. What day is it when Judge dies.
(a) Laurel's birthday.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Fay's birthday.
(d) Valentine's Day.

10. What does Laurel believe the lining of the coffin does to her father?
(a) Makes Judge look healthy.
(b) Makes Judge look sickly.
(c) Makes Judge look feminine.
(d) Makes Judge look like a seashell.

11. What does Judge do while Laurel reads to him?
(a) Watches her with his good eye.
(b) Watches television.
(c) Ignores her.
(d) Sleeps.

12. What does Fay accuse Laurel of doing to Judge?
(a) Insulting him.
(b) Abusing him.
(c) Abandoning him.
(d) Causing his eye problems.

13. What is Judge's outlook on life?
(a) He is neither optomistic nor pessimistic,but in between.
(b) He is an optimist.
(c) He is glum.
(d) He is a pessimist.

14. What character traits best describe Fay?
(a) Self centered and inconsiderate.
(b) Quiet and reserved.
(c) Bubbly and outgoing.
(d) Talkative and inappropriate.

15. What is the doctor's recommendation?
(a) Medication.
(b) A vacation.
(c) Wait and see.
(d) Surgery immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laurel remember about sleeping in her room?

2. What does Fay say when she learns about the food in her kitchen?

3. What does Dr. Courtland tell Laurel about Judge after he dies?

4. Why does Laurel go to check on Fay after Missouri?

5. Who meets the train when Fay and Laurel arrive back in Mississippi?

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