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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. Who makes arrangements for Laurel and Fay's living space and Judge's care?

2. What does Laurel remember about sleeping in her room?

3. Why can Judge not be moved?

4. What does Dr. Courtland say about Judge's eye three weeks after the surgery?

5. What surprises Laurel when she sees the coffin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Judge call himself an optimist?

2. Who else does Laurel grieve in Part 3, Chapter 4?

3. How does Fay react to the waiting crowd?

4. Does Fay love Judge?

5. Why does Laurel have dinner with the bridesmaids?

6. Why does Judge become depressed?

7. How does Laurel feel about Fay at this point in the story, Part 3, Chapter 4?

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

9. What does the nurse tell Laurel when she arrives at the hospital? How does Laurel react?

10. Why does Laurel believe her father married Fay?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss optimism. Was Judge really an optimist? How did Judge define optimism? Is this a true definition of optimism? How did Laurel define optimism? Was she an optimist at the beginning of the novel? Was she an optimist at the end of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Laurel burns a bunch of her mother and father's papers before she leaves for Chicago. Why does Laurel do this? Who is she trying to protect? What does Laurel think Fay might do with the letters? Is Laurel hiding something or protecting something? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Fay insist on making the funeral arrangements? Why does Laurel allow her to do this? Should Laurel have had a right to make some of the decisions? Why or why not? Does Laurel agree with Fay's choices? Why or why not?

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