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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 Laurel listen for but never hear?
2. What city does Laurel live in?
3. What is unusual about Judge's behavior during his recovery?
4. Who does Fay insist on talking to when they arrive in Mississippi?
5. Why is Laurel upset that Fay wants the coffin to be open?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Laurel find in the house when she returns from dinner?
2. What does Laurel decide to do?
3. What story of her mother's does Laurel recall in Part 3, Chapter 4?
4. Why is Laurel concerned for her father?
5. Why does Judge become depressed?
6. How does Fay react to the waiting crowd?
7. Why does Fay refuse to get up the next morning?
8. What is discussed over dinner after the funeral?
9. Why does Laurel believe her father died?
10. What does Fay decide to do after the funeral?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Does Judge love Fay? Did Judge remarry out of love? Was Judge lonely? Could Laurel have saved him from a bad marriage if she had not moved to Chicago? Was it Laurel's job to keep her father from being lonely? Why did Laurel move away? Does Laurel feel guilty about leaving her father? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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