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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Fay's mood as they wait for Judge to return from surgery?
(a) She is worried about the cost of the hospital bill.
(b) She is worried about Judge.
(c) Annoyed that she is in New Orleans but stuck in a hospital room.
(d) She is happy Judge is getting the treatment he needs.

2. What does Fay tell Judge after he wakes?
(a) That she's happy he is alive.
(b) That he looks good.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That it's a good thing he cannot see himself.

3. What upsets Fay when she returns home from meeting with the funeral director?
(a) The number of people in her house she does not know.
(b) The excessive food in her kitchen. She is diabetiic.
(c) The excessive food in her kitchen. She is on a diet.
(d) The number of people in her house for Laurel.

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

5. How are they transported to the hospital?
(a) Ambulance.
(b) Private car.
(c) Taxi.
(d) Shuttle boat.

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

7. Who is Fay?
(a) Laurel's Sister.
(b) Judge's Wife.
(c) Judge's Sister.
(d) Laurel's Cousin.

8. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Dr. Courtland say about Judge's eye?
(a) It is infected.
(b) It is healing, he just needs to be patient.
(c) It is healing, but he will not regain his sight in that eye.
(d) It is not healing properly.

9. Who tells Laurel and Fay the surgery is over?
(a) Dr. Courtland.
(b) A nurse.
(c) A secretary.
(d) An intern.

10. What is unusual about Judge's behavior during his recovery?
(a) He refuses to eat.
(b) He talks incessantly.
(c) He never asks about his eye.
(d) He watches television constantly.

11. What character traits best describe Judge?
(a) Gentle, kind, patient.
(b) Aloof and unconcerned.
(c) Mean, angry, dark.
(d) Slow and eager.

12. What surprises Laurel when she sees the coffin?
(a) Fay chose the wrong coffin.
(b) Fay bought a cheap coffin.
(c) Fay had the coffin lined with peach satin.
(d) Fay had the coffin lined with yellow taffeta.

13. What is significant about Fay's age?
(a) Fay is a child, therefore a hinderance to the situation.
(b) Fay is a teenager, therefore she is indifferent to Judge's situation.
(c) Fay is much younger than Judge and younger than Fay by a few years, therefore she has trouble empathizing with Judge's situation.
(d) Fay is elderly, therefore her presence at the doctor's office is a toll on her.

14. Who does Fay insist on talking to when they arrive in Mississippi?
(a) The funeral director, Mr. Pitts.
(b) Laurel's friends.
(c) The police chief.
(d) The mayor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Missouri tell Laurel about Fay's morning habits?

2. What is Judge's outlook on life?

3. What is name of the family introduced in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. How does Judge look after surgery?

5. Where does Laurel put Miss Adele's gift?

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