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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 does Fay say when Laurel tells her to get up?
(a) Fay says she is too depressed to get up.
(b) Fay says she is the widow and everyone will wait for her.
(c) Fay says she is ill.
(d) Fay says she does not want to go to the funeral.

2. What does Laurel believe the lining of the coffin does to her father?
(a) Makes Judge look sickly.
(b) Makes Judge look feminine.
(c) Makes Judge look healthy.
(d) Makes Judge look like a seashell.

3. What does Laurel do with Judge during her time with him?
(a) Laurel works on her fashion designs.
(b) Laurel talks to Judge about her dislike of Fay.
(c) Laurel reads to Judge.
(d) Watches television.

4. Why does Judge decide to see this particular doctor?
(a) They are old friends.
(b) The doctor was recommended by a friend.
(c) The doctor is located near Judge's home.
(d) The doctor is top in his field.

5. What shocks Laurel about her parent's bedroom?
(a) Laurel's mother's desk is missing.
(b) There are no pictures of Laurel in the room.
(c) Fay has covered everything in peach satin.
(d) The furniture is all different.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the hotel where Laurel gets rooms for herself and Fay?

2. What book does Laurel begin reading to her father?

3. How does Judge look after surgery?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the bird symbolize?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Fay complain about while waiting for Judge to come out of surgery?

3. What does the red paint on her father's desk represent to Laurel?

4. What is discussed over dinner after the funeral?

5. Why does Judge become depressed?

6. How does Laurel finally catch the bird?

7. Do you think Fay's behavior is appropriate in Chapter 2?

8. Why does Laurel believe her father married Fay?

9. How does Fay react when she returns home from the funeral home and finds people sitting with Laurel?

10. What story of her mother's does Laurel recall in Part 3, Chapter 4?

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