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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it about Henry Wingo that is difficult for Tom to reconcile?
(a) He does not see how the war made his father such an emotional person.
(b) He cannot understand how Tolitha and Amos created such a dangerous man.
(c) He does not think his father taught him anything growing up.
(d) He does not know why his father loved Luke more than Tom.

2. What does Lila teach her children to do?
(a) She taught them to always follow their dreams.
(b) She taught them to respect nature in all its beauty.
(c) She taught them to hide their wounds with lies.
(d) She taught them to judge people based on appearances.

3. Whose phone call disrupts the harmony of the opening scene?
(a) Chandler's.
(b) Lila's.
(c) Susan's.
(d) Savannah's.

4. How does Lila react to the turkey donated by the Colleton League?
(a) She refuses to accept it.
(b) She breaks down in tears.
(c) She throws it in the garbage.
(d) She shoots it with a shotgun.

5. Which of the following does Tom NOT call attention to during his formative years?
(a) Being a cadet in ROTC.
(b) Defending black equality.
(c) Opposing the war.
(d) Running for local office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby Blankenship offer the children?

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

3. Why does Amos bring everyone to the hayloft barn?

4. How would you characterize Tom's initial behavior towards Dr. Lowenstein?

5. Why does Tolitha ask Luke to take pictures of her in the coffin?

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