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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Judge buried?
(a) In New Orleans.
(b) In Chicago.
(c) In the new section of the cemetery.
(d) Beside Laurel's mother.

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

3. What does Laurel hope is in bloom at her mother's grave?
(a) Magnolia.
(b) Roses.
(c) Hibiscus.
(d) Camelia.

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

5. Where does Laurel find herself trapped after she traps the bird in the upstairs hall?
(a) The master bedroom.
(b) Her childhood bedroom.
(c) The bathroom.
(d) The garage.

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

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

8. What does Laurel find in the house when she returns?
(a) A dog.
(b) A bird.
(c) A wild boar.
(d) A burglar.

9. What does Laurel find in the small sewing room attached to her parents room?
(a) Old sewing projects.
(b) Her mother's desk.
(c) Pictures of Fay with another man.
(d) Old photo albums.

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

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

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

13. Why is the bird attracted to the master bedroom?
(a) It wants out of the house.
(b) There is food in there.
(c) The lights.
(d) It wants to attack Laurel.

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

15. Why does Fay want to go to Texas?
(a) To bury Judge.
(b) To go to a spa.
(c) To visit an old boyfriend.
(d) To be with her familiy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who put the paint on the desk?

2. Who discusses Judge's estate?

3. What does Laurel remember about her mother as she prepared to go into the hospital?

4. Who do they women think Fay takes after?

5. Who does Laurel hope to never see again?

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