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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the initial topic of Tom's heated discussion with Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) The abbreviated history Tom gives of his childhood.
(b) The nature of Savannah's poetry.
(c) The doctor's refusal to give Tom her first name.
(d) The ignorance Tom has of mental health.

3. How does the Wingo family react to the last still born, Rose Ann?
(a) Lila forces the children to pray for the baby's soul.
(b) Henry puts the body in the shrimp freezer.
(c) Henry baptizes the baby himself in the kitchen sink.
(d) All answers are correct.

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

5. Which character is NOT embarrassed by Grandpa Amos' show?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Luke.
(c) Tolitha.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Dr. Lowenstein's son alienated from his father?

2. What do we learn is Dr. Lowenstein's first name?

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. What does Lila do after finding Savannah's journal?

5. Where does Grandpa take the children after his Good Friday performance?

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