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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 is unusual about Judge's behavior during his recovery?

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

3. In Part 1, Chapter 3, what does Dr. Courtland say about Judge's eye?

4. Who does Fay insist on talking to when they arrive in Mississippi?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the bird symbolize?

2. What makes Laurel unhappy about her father's coffin?

3. Does Fay love Judge?

4. Is Laurel a responsible person, as demonstrated by her actions in Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 1, what causes the tensions between Laurel and Fay?

6. How does Fay react to the waiting crowd?

7. Describe Judge McKelva.

8. What is discussed over dinner after the funeral?

9. Why does Laurel want to find her mother's letters?

10. What does the red paint on her father's desk represent to Laurel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

Compare and contrast Fay and Laurel. How are these two characters similar? How are they different? What motivates each character? How are these motivations similar? How are they different?

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