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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 say when Laurel tells her to get up?

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

3. What is name of the family introduced in Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. Why can Judge not be moved?

5. What does Laurel listen for but never hear?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Laurel believe her father married Fay?

5. How does Laurel finally catch the bird?

6. What does Laurel decide to do?

7. How did Judge react to his wife's illness toward the end of her life?

8. What other decision has Fay made about the wake that Laurel dislikes?

9. Where does Laurel expect her father to be buried?

10. Does Fay love Judge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Fay to Laurel's mother. Do they have any similarities? What are they? How are they different? Why did Judge chose to marry each of these women? Did Judge love these women? How did these women affect Judge's life?

Essay Topic 2

Grief is a theme of this novel. Discuss how grief effects each of the main characters, including Laurel, Fay, and Judge. How does grief change their thinking, their behaviors? How does it affect their choices?

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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