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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom read to better understand Savannah's psychosis?
(a) Savannah's journal.
(b) Lila's family history.
(c) Case histories.
(d) Medical journals.

2. Why is Sallie unable to answer Tom over the phone?
(a) The children can hear the conversation.
(b) She no longer feels the same way about Tom.
(c) Her lover is at the front door.
(d) Her affair with the doctor has become too complicated.

3. What does Dr. Lowenstein's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a professor at a city university.
(b) He is a doctor like his wife.
(c) He is a writer.
(d) He is a musician.

4. Why do Tom and Savannah get in a fight near the end of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Tom makes fun of Grandpa Wingo praying.
(b) Tom steals her journal.
(c) Tom says the word "nigger."
(d) Tom refuses to give a nickel to a man begging for change.

5. What do we learn is Dr. Lowenstein's first name?
(a) Susan.
(b) Sharon.
(c) Samantha.
(d) Sallie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the albino porpoise in Colleton?

2. What is the initial topic of Tom's heated discussion with Dr. Lowenstein?

3. In Chapter Twenty-One, how does Lila try to distract Tom from his intentions to tell the doctor the truth about what happened to the family?

4. Why does Tom call Sallie?

5. How does the Wingo family react to the last still born, Rose Ann?

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