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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Judge's outlook on life?
(a) He is neither optomistic nor pessimistic,but in between.
(b) He is an optimist.
(c) He is glum.
(d) He is a pessimist.

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

5. Who does Dr. Courtland call to meet Fay and Laurel in Mississippi?
(a) The bridesmaids, Laurel's close friends.
(b) Major Bullock, Judge's good friend.
(c) His sister, Miss Adele.
(d) Missouri, Judge's maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Dr. Courtland say about Judge's eye?

2. What character traits best describe Judge?

3. What was Fay's job when she met Judge?

4. What does Fay tell Judge after he wakes?

5. What was Judge doing when he experienced symptoms related to his doctor's visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Laurel have dinner with the bridesmaids?

2. What does Dr. Courtland tell Laurel after her father passes away?

3. Why does Laurel fly to New Orleans?

4. How did Judge react to his wife's illness toward the end of her life?

5. How does gossip affect the plot in Part 3, Chapter 1?

6. Why does Judge become depressed?

7. Why is Laurel concerned for her father?

8. What does Laurel decide to do?

9. Who arrives the morning of the funeral?

10. Why does Laurel believe her father married Fay?

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