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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Tom's wife?
(a) Sallie.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Lila.
(d) Rose.

2. Which of the following images from the Prologue could serve as an analogy for Tom and Savannah's wondrous and nightmarish childhood?
(a) The injured colt.
(b) The dying whale.
(c) The yelping dogs.
(d) The pregnant cows.

3. What does Tom really think of Bernard?
(a) He thinks he has a lot of athletic ability.
(b) He thinks he is a closet homosexual.
(c) He thinks he is a spoiled brat.
(d) He thinks he is unhappy.

4. Why do Tom and Luke travel to New York City?
(a) To attend Savannah's poetry reading.
(b) To visit their sick father in the hospital.
(c) To meet the paternal grandfather they never knew.
(d) To see the Broadway show Savannah was starring in.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Tom NOT call attention to during his formative years?

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

4. Where does the narrative of Chapter Four take place?

5. How does Henry initially present himself to Lila?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Prince of Tides?

2. What kind of family does the Prologue portray?

3. Why doesn't Lila want the children to tell their father about the man called "Callanwolde"?

4. Why does Tom suggest that football is a good thing for the unhappy Bernard?

5. What is curious about Tolitha and Amos having Henry for a son?

6. How does Lila react to Henry's buying a tiger?

7. How does Tom turn the tables on Bernard?

8. How does the phone call contrast with the idyllic opening of Chapter 1?

9. Why does Tom feel the fallow deer are out of place in the Central Park Zoo?

10. What does the story of Lila's quest to win the Colleton League cookbook contest reveal about her character?

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