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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tolitha do every Good Friday?
(a) She joins her husband in his rituals.
(b) She gets drunk in her room.
(c) She leaves town to visit family.
(d) She goes to church and prays.

2. In Chapter Nineteen, who helps Tom search through Savannah's apartment?
(a) Dr. Lowenstein.
(b) Eddie Detreville.
(c) Oscar Woodhead.
(d) Luke Wingo.

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

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

5. How does Tom feel after reading Renata's book?
(a) He is indifferent.
(b) He is curious.
(c) He is sad.
(d) He is angry.

6. Who does Grandpa Amos talk to while driving?
(a) Moses.
(b) God.
(c) Tom.
(d) Lila.

7. Why is Henry in jail?
(a) He fires a gun at a soldier.
(b) He tries to make money by smuggling drugs.
(c) He tries to kill Luke.
(d) He beats Lila.

8. Which character shows opposition towards the government presence?
(a) Reese.
(b) Tom.
(c) Amos.
(d) Luke.

9. What event causes Tom to cry while talking to Lila?
(a) Henry violently attacks Tom.
(b) Amos' death.
(c) Tom tries to convince her not to divorce Henry.
(d) Savannah tried to kill herself.

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

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

12. How does Luke advise Tom on winning the fight?
(a) He tells Tom to fake an injury.
(b) He tells Tom to use a sucker punch to the groin.
(c) He tells Tom to kick his opponent in his bad knee.
(d) He tells Tom to use his speed.

13. Why has Tom not seen Savannah the last three years?
(a) Tom and Savannah are fighting over their inheritance.
(b) Tom told Savannah years ago he never wanted to see her again.
(c) Tom's presence depresses her.
(d) Tom cannot bear to see Savannah because she resembles her mother.

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

15. Which of the following characters attacks Lila Wingo?
(a) Randy Thompson.
(b) Otis Miller.
(c) Floyd Merlin.
(d) Henry Wingo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom make Bernard wear to dinner?

2. Who will marry Reese Newbury after the death of his wife?

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

4. Tom is ashamed that he will be the only boy at the dance dressed in __________.

5. After learning the truth about Renata in Chapter Twenty, Tom challenges Susan for ______________.

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