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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Judge meet Fay?

2. What shocks Laurel about her parent's bedroom?

3. Who does Judge ask for when he wakes after surgery?

4. What surprises Laurel when she sees the coffin?

5. Who meets the train when Fay and Laurel arrive back in Mississippi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is waiting when the train arrives in Judge's hometown?

2. What problem does Dr. Courtland find with Judge's eyes and is it serious?

3. Why does Miss Adele remain after everyone has left to put away the dishes?

4. Why is Laurel concerned for her father?

5. What does Laurel find in her mother's sewing room?

6. What is Laurel searching for in her father's library?

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

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

9. Why did Judge call himself an optimist?

10. What does the bird symbolize?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fay shakes Judge shortly before he died. Did this abuse cause his death? How did this abuse affect Judge? What does this abuse say about Fay? What does the abuse say about Fay and Judge's relationship? Is this a toxic relationship? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the breadboard? Who made the breadboard? Who used it? Why does its destruction upset Laurel so much? Who destroyed it? Why? What does this destruction say about this person? How does the discovery of this breadboard help Laurel heal?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Judge's depression. Why did he become depressed after surgery? Who had the largest impact on Judge's emotional state? Why? How did Laurel try to relieve Judge's depression? Was she successful? Was Judge's depression a hurdle to his recovery? How?

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