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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the unexpected guests come from?
(a) California.
(b) Texas.
(c) Illinois.
(d) New York.

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

3. How old are most of Laurel's friends' children?
(a) Toddlers.
(b) Grammar school aged.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) College age.

4. What is Laurel doing when the neighbors come over?
(a) Cleaning out closets.
(b) Working in her father's garden.
(c) Baking.
(d) Reading.

5. Where does Laurel believe her father will be buried?
(a) In the new section of the cemetery.
(b) Beside her mother.
(c) In New Orleans.
(d) In Chicago.

6. What was significant about the death of Laurel's grandfather?
(a) He died at work.
(b) He died alone.
(c) He died at home.
(d) He died while on vacation.

7. Who is it suggested would do the cooking in the house?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Fay.
(c) Fay's mother.
(d) Laurel.

8. Why does Fay's mother pity Laurel?
(a) She believes no one is there to support and comfort Laurel.
(b) She knows Laurel is a widow and worries her father's death has brought back too many memories.
(c) She feels bad that Laurel is now an orphan.
(d) She knows Laurel dislikes Fay.

9. What is in her mother's desk?
(a) Pictures of her mother and another man.
(b) Pictures of Judge with Fay.
(c) Childhood momentoes, such as report cards.
(d) The love letters her mother wrote to her father.

10. Who are the surprised guests who arrive at the house the morning of the funeral?
(a) Fay's ex-boyfriend.
(b) Laurel's boss.
(c) Laurel's husband.
(d) Fay's family.

11. How often did Laurel's mother write to Judge?
(a) Weekly whenever they were apart.
(b) Every day whenever they were apart.
(c) Monthly whenever they were apart.
(d) Once a year on their anniversary.

12. How old was Judge when he married Fay?
(a) Nearly ninety.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Almost seventy.

13. Who put the paint on the desk?
(a) Judge.
(b) Fay.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Laurel.

14. Who called these guests?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Major Bullock.
(c) Miss Adele.
(d) Fay.

15. What do the old women talk about?
(a) The funeral.
(b) Judge.
(c) Fay.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who remains in the house?

2. Why is the bird attracted to the master bedroom?

3. What does Laurel find in the house when she returns?

4. What is Laurel looking for in her father's library?

5. What did her father's death teach Laurel's mother?

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