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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lila insist that Tom remain silent about the past?
(a) Because Luke will be crushed by the news.
(b) Because Tom's wife should hear the story first.
(c) Because Savannah will write about it.
(d) Because the doctor will not understand.

2. Why does the football coach change his mind about integration?
(a) He sees how diligent the black student is in his classes.
(b) He sees how hard the black student can hit.
(c) He sees how well the black student can throw.
(d) He sees how fast the black student can run.

3. Which character challenges Tom to a fight after school?
(a) Benji Washington.
(b) Peter Blankenship.
(c) Todd Newbury.
(d) Oscar Woodhead.

4. What does Tom make Bernard wear to dinner?
(a) A chef's hat.
(b) A football uniform.
(c) A straight jacket.
(d) A white lab coat.

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

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

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

8. Tom is ashamed that he will be the only boy at the dance dressed in __________.
(a) Jeans.
(b) Khakis.
(c) Dress pants.
(d) Jackets.

9. How does Luke rescue his family from the attack?
(a) He calls his father for help.
(b) He unleashes Caesar the tiger.
(c) He stabs them with a butcher knife.
(d) He grabs his father's shotgun.

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

11. Who does Susan finally admit Renata to be?
(a) A patient of Dr. Lowenstein's who tried to kill Savannah.
(b) An alter ego who helped Savannah see through one of her psychotic episodes.
(c) A ghost writer Savannah used to write her childhood story.
(d) A neighbor who helped Savannah write the story of her childhood.

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

13. What is Reese Newbury's land to be used for?
(a) A shrimp factory.
(b) A nuclear production site.
(c) A farm.
(d) A boatyard.

14. How does Herbert Woodruff speak to Tom at the dinner party?
(a) With disinterest and apathy.
(b) With warmth and hospitality.
(c) With contempt and bitterness.
(d) With cruel sarcasm.

15. Which character helps "The Amberjack"?
(a) Amos.
(b) Luke.
(c) Henry.
(d) Lila.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Susan expresses her desire for Tom at the end of Chapter Fifteen, how does the evening end for these two characters?

3. Why doesn't Savannah go to New York after graduation as she originally planned?

4. What does Tom confront his father about?

5. How does Tom feel after reading Renata's book?

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