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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miss Adele's brother?
(a) Judge.
(b) Major Bullock.
(c) Laurel's husband.
(d) Dr. Courtland.

2. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Dr. Courtland say about Judge's eye?
(a) It is healing, but he will not regain his sight in that eye.
(b) It is healing, he just needs to be patient.
(c) It is not healing properly.
(d) It is infected.

3. What does Miss Adele bring?
(a) Daffodils.
(b) Roses.
(c) Breakfast.
(d) A casserole.

4. What was Fay's job when she met Judge?
(a) She was a teacher.
(b) She was a lawyer.
(c) She was a maid.
(d) She was a secretary at the Gulf Coast Hotel.

5. Who is Fay?
(a) Judge's Wife.
(b) Laurel's Cousin.
(c) Laurel's Sister.
(d) Judge's Sister.

6. What does Laurel hear when she approaches the Judge's room the night he dies?
(a) Fay telling Judge about her plans to return to Mississippi.
(b) Fay conspiring with the nurse to kill Judge.
(c) Fay confessing to an affair.
(d) Fay yelling at Judge.

7. What does Laurel remember about sleeping in her room?
(a) The security of her stuffed animals.
(b) The posters on the wall.
(c) Hearing the clock ring downstairs.
(d) Hearing her parents voices as they read to each other.

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

9. What does Laurel overhear Fay saying to Judge?
(a) Fay complains that Judge is taking too long to heal.
(b) Fay complains about the conditions at the Hibiscus.
(c) Fay is complaining about being stuck in the hospital and not being able to go to carnival.
(d) Fay expresses her concern for Judge's health.

10. Why does Laurel believe her father would not have wanted an open coffin?
(a) An open coffin goes against his religious beliefs.
(b) He did not allow one at his wife's funeral.
(c) He did not want his friends to remember him in a coffin.
(d) He did not like the way he looked.

11. Who are the bridesmaids?
(a) Friends of Fay's.
(b) Friends of Laurel's.
(c) Friends of Judge's.
(d) Friends of Miss Adele.

12. Who is waiting with Fay at the hospital?
(a) Dr. Courtland.
(b) Miss Adele.
(c) Major Bullock.
(d) Laurel.

13. What city does Laurel live in?
(a) New York.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New Orleans.

14. What character traits best describe Fay?
(a) Talkative and inappropriate.
(b) Quiet and reserved.
(c) Self centered and inconsiderate.
(d) Bubbly and outgoing.

15. What does Laurel listen for but never hear?
(a) The mantel clock.
(b) The town clock.
(c) The phone.
(d) The weather alert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fay say when Laurel tells her to get up?

2. What upsets Fay when she returns home from meeting with the funeral director?

3. What day is it when Judge dies.

4. What kind of doctor does Judge McKelva go to see?

5. Who attempts to befriend Fay at the Hibiscus Hotel?

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