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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Laurel plan to stay?
(a) A month.
(b) A week.
(c) Forever.
(d) Three more days.

2. Who do they women think Fay takes after?
(a) Judge.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Judge's first wife.
(d) Laurel.

3. Who do the women hope does not inherit the house?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Miss Adele.
(c) Major Bullock.
(d) Fay.

4. Where is Laurel's mother from?
(a) California.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) New York.
(d) Ohio.

5. What do the old women think Judge lost?
(a) His will.
(b) His judgement.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His mind.

6. How does Laurel feel about her father's things?
(a) They are a nuisance.
(b) They are old fashioned and useless.
(c) They are comforting and familiar.
(d) They are worth a great deal of money.

7. How many birds are in the house?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two .

8. Who discusses Judge's estate?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Fay.
(c) Fay's mother.
(d) Laurel.

9. What is Laurel looking for in her father's library?
(a) The deed to the house.
(b) The will.
(c) Love letters.
(d) Judge's checkbook.

10. Who walks Laurel home?
(a) Major Bullock.
(b) Miss Adele.
(c) Missouri.
(d) The bridesmaids.

11. Who do the bridesmaids remember over dinner?
(a) Their own children.
(b) Childhood friends.
(c) Judge and his first wife.
(d) Laurel's husband.

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

13. Why do the old women dislike Fay?
(a) She does not take care of the house.
(b) She is shallow and unkind.
(c) She will not gossip with them.
(d) She made Judge unhappy.

14. What disturbs Laurel during the funeral service?
(a) A mosquito.
(b) Fay's crying.
(c) The noises from the new interstate.
(d) A woodchuck peeking up under the coffin.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the unexpected guests come from?

3. Who wants to move in to the house?

4. Who is the portrait of hanging in Judge's library?

5. What did Fay leave unmade before going to New Orleans?

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