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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Judge not be moved?
(a) Movement could cause death.
(b) Movement could make him blind.
(c) Movement could cause a stroke.
(d) Movement could dislodge the repaired retina.

2. Who does Fay send to the funeral home with Judge's clothes?
(a) Miss Adele.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Major Bullock.
(d) The bridesmaids.

3. What does Fay do when Laurel tells her Judge might be dying?
(a) Fay laughs.
(b) Fay faints.
(c) Fay spits on Laurel.
(d) Fay becomes hysterical with grief.

4. What does Miss Adele say about death?
(a) People live their own way and die their own way.
(b) Death is painful and unfair.
(c) Death is something to look forward to.
(d) People cannot avoid death.

5. What does Dr. Courtland do when he arrives in Judge's room the night Fay abuses Judge?
(a) Dr. Courtland examines Judge and declares him perfectly healthy.
(b) Dr. Courtland examines Judge and tells Fay to leave.
(c) Dr. Courtland examines Judge and calls the police on Fay.
(d) Dr. Courtland examines Judge and asks Laurel to leave.

6. Why does Judge refuse to ask Laurel about her work?
(a) Judge feels bad for forcing Laurel into idleness.
(b) Judge does not care about Laurel's work.
(c) Judge would rather talk about himself.
(d) Judge is angry with Laurel for coming to New Orleans.

7. What book does Laurel begin reading to her father?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Oliver Twist.
(c) Nicholas Nickleby.
(d) Dr. Zhivago.

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

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

10. What does Laurel do after the nurse tells her about Fay's abuse toward Judge?
(a) Laurel calls Dr. Courtland.
(b) Laurel callst he police.
(c) Laurel goes into Judge's room.
(d) Laurel fires the nurse.

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

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

13. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what traits does Judge display that Laurel finds unusual to him?
(a) Impatience and frustration.
(b) Optimism and happiness.
(c) Anger and meanness.
(d) Passivity and obedience.

14. What does Dr. Courtland say about Judge's eye three weeks after the surgery?
(a) That the healing is taking too long.
(b) That it is healing, just slowly, and Judge has some vision.
(c) That Judge is depressed, causing the eye to heal slowly.
(d) That Judge will never see again.

15. Why is Laurel upset that Fay wants the coffin to be open?
(a) Laurel does not believe their friends would want to see Judge in the coffin.
(b) Laurel does not believe her father would have wanted an open coffin.
(c) Laurel does not like the way her father looks.
(d) Laurel does not want to see her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Laurel concerned about her father?

2. What character traits best describe Judge?

3. What does Judge do while Laurel reads to him?

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

5. Who are the bridesmaids?

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