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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. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what traits does Judge display that Laurel finds unusual to him?
(a) Passivity and obedience.
(b) Optimism and happiness.
(c) Anger and meanness.
(d) Impatience and frustration.

2. What does Fay accuse Laurel of doing to Judge?
(a) Abandoning him.
(b) Insulting him.
(c) Abusing him.
(d) Causing his eye problems.

3. How long after Judge met Fay did they get married?
(a) A year.
(b) Six months.
(c) A month.
(d) A week.

4. How did Judge meet Fay?
(a) They met through a dating service.
(b) They met at a Southern Bar Association conference.
(c) They met at a bar.
(d) They met through friends.

5. What does Miss Adele say about death?
(a) People live their own way and die their own way.
(b) Death is something to look forward to.
(c) People cannot avoid death.
(d) Death is painful and unfair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the nurse tell Laurel and Fay not to do?

2. Who arrives while Missouri is taking Fay her breakfast?

3. What is the doctor's recommendation?

4. What does Laurel hear when she approaches the Judge's room the night he dies?

5. What does Miss Adele bring?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Laurel concerned for her father?

2. How does Fay react to Judge's death?

3. Why does Laurel fly to New Orleans?

4. Why does Laurel believe her father married Fay?

5. How does Fay react to the waiting crowd?

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

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

8. What do the pictures and books in her father's library symbolize to Laurel?

9. What does Laurel notice about her father and Fay's bedroom when she goes to wake Fay?

10. Describe Judge McKelva.

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