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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the children get around the night watchman on "The Amberjack"?
(a) A swift blow to the back of his head.
(b) A clever distraction.
(c) A bottle of gin.
(d) Sleeping pills.

2. 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?
(a) Sallie is having an indiscreet affair.
(b) Lila is ill with a terminal disease.
(c) Tom is not the son she wanted him to be.
(d) Tom's children are no longer attending school.

3. To teach the boy respect, what does Tom make Bernard do?
(a) Fifty pushups after dinner.
(b) Run one mile the next morning.
(c) Help serve dessert for his mother.
(d) Help with clearing the dishes after dinner.

4. Who does Luke kill?
(a) Four FBI agents.
(b) Four railroad employees.
(c) Tom.
(d) Two green berets.

5. Who hatches a plan to rescue "The Amberjack's" cargo?
(a) Luke.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Tom.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Tom and Susan go after the dinner party?

2. What does Lila give Savannah as a graduation present?

3. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Luke say he plans to do with his life after graduation?

4. Tom recalls a time during his________ year when he killed a bald eagle.

5. Tom tells Susan that the story of The Southern Way was true except ________________.

(see the answer key)

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