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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are Tom and Dr. Lowenstein at the start of Chapter Six?
(a) They are sharing a taxi ride.
(b) They are having cocktails together.
(c) They are in a therapy session at Lowenstein's office.
(d) They are in the hospital.

3. Tom's mother often made up stories about _____________.
(a) About the dreams of all living things.
(b) About her husband's past.
(c) About the lives of their ancestors.
(d) About the civil war heroes of the South.

4. What news do Tom and his family discover in Chapter One?
(a) Savannah has tried to commit suicide again.
(b) Tom's brother decided to move back home.
(c) Lila has finally remarried.
(d) Tom's father recently passed away.

5. How does Luke feel about New York City?
(a) He feels that this evil city is no place for his little sister.
(b) He is fascinated by the feminists he encounters in New York.
(c) He disagrees with Tom that urban life is more interesting than Southern gallantry.
(d) He feels that this sophisticated metropolis is the perfect place for his sister.

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

7. Why might Conroy have included the scene with Tolitha's coffin in Chapter Eight?
(a) To contrast the religions of Tom's two grandparents.
(b) To reveal some of the darker sides of the Wingo relatives.
(c) To rationalize why Tom is afraid of dying.
(d) To provide a comic relief from the more depressing events of the Wingo history.

8. Who is Sarah Jenkins?
(a) One of Grandfather Amos' servants.
(b) Lila Wingo's sister-in-law.
(c) An eighty-five-year-old black midwife.
(d) A neighbor of the Wingos'.

9. Who tries to buy Henry Wingo's island?
(a) Callanwolde Simmons.
(b) Amos Wingo.
(c) Ruby Blankenship.
(d) Reese Newbury.

10. What does Tom promise to tell Dr. Lowenstein during dinner?
(a) He promises to tell her everything she wants to know about Savannah's past.
(b) He promises to let the doctor help him with his marriage.
(c) He promises to tell her why he maintains his racist beliefs.
(d) He promises to call his mother and tell her how he feels.

11. Who or what is "Callanwolde"?
(a) It is the buzz word used by the children to indicate any kind of danger.
(b) It is the woods around the Chandler estate.
(c) It is one of the words Savannah repeats on Dr. Lowenstein's recording.
(d) All answers are correct.

12. What does Ruby Blankenship offer the children?
(a) Juicy Fruit.
(b) Saltwater taffy.
(c) Orange juice.
(d) Cotton candy.

13. Why is Dr. Lowenstein's son alienated from his father?
(a) He cannot share his love for football with his father.
(b) He disagrees with his father's political views.
(c) His father is rarely home because of work.
(d) His father is physically abusive, much like Tom's father.

14. What does Tom read in the waiting room of Dr. Lowenstein's office?
(a) A magazine about childhood emotional disorders.
(b) A diploma of Dr. Lowenstein's hanging on the wall.
(c) A book of paintings reminiscent of his own childhood.
(d) A book of Savannah's poetry.

15. How does Henry initially present himself to Lila?
(a) As a large landowner.
(b) As a rich and influential banker.
(c) As a poor but loving admirer.
(d) As a decorated war veteran.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry buy the tiger from the circus?

2. What is the name of Tom's wife?

3. How would you characterize Bernard's attitude in his first meeting with Tom?

4. Whose phone call disrupts the harmony of the opening scene?

5. Which of the following events does NOT happen during the family picnic?

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