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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. What does Fay tell Judge after he wakes?
2. What is the doctor's recommendation?
3. Who meets the train when Fay and Laurel arrive back in Mississippi?
4. What does Laurel remember about sleeping in her room?
5. Where does Laurel put Miss Adele's gift?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Laurel want to find her mother's letters?
2. What does Part 2, Chapter 4 say about the characters of Laurel and Fay?
3. How does Laurel feel about Fay at this point in the story, Part 3, Chapter 4?
4. How does Laurel finally catch the bird?
5. What problem does Dr. Courtland find with Judge's eyes and is it serious?
6. How does Fay react when she returns home from the funeral home and finds people sitting with Laurel?
7. Is it appropriate for Fay to expect Judge to take her dancing?
8. What does Laurel decide to do?
9. What is discussed over dinner after the funeral?
10. In Chapter 2, what does Fay complain about while waiting for Judge to come out of surgery?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Judge reluctant to engage in confrontations? Is this unusual for a man who makes his living as a judge? How did this reluctance to argue affect Judge's marriages? How did Judge's first wife feel about his reluctance to deal with her anger or her health issues? How did Laurel feel about it? Did this behavior save Judge from emotional entanglements, or make them worse? How?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss gossip. Is gossip a bad thing? How does gossip affect people's lives? How can gossip be good? How is gossip bad? How does gossip affect Laurel? Fay? Judge?
Essay Topic 3
Who is Phil? Why does Laurel think about him after the death of her father? What impact did his death have on Laurel? Why is Laurel more angry about his death, even after all this time, than that of her father? How has Phil's death defined Laurel's life?
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