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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. When Henry is recalled to the Air Force to go to Korea, where do Lila and the children go to live?
(a) They go to live with Henry's mother in Decatur.
(b) They go to live on the Air Force base in Hawaii.
(c) They go to live with Lila's family in Charlotte.
(d) They go to live with Henry's mother in Atlanta.

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

3. During which decade does Tom begin recalling the story of his family?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1920s.
(d) 1950s.

4. After producing a letter from Lila, how does Dr. Lowenstein view Tom's mother?
(a) She thinks Lila is a terrible caregiver.
(b) She thinks Lila is no different than her own mother.
(c) She thinks Lila is a concerned parent.
(d) She thinks Lila is a calculating manipulator.

5. Why does Henry light a candle at the statue of the Infant of Prague?
(a) For his family, whom Henry misses very much.
(b) For the Swiss family whose house was destroyed for haboring Henry.
(c) For the farm woman who was beaten for feeding Henry.
(d) For the old priest who was hung for helping Henry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Tom really think of Bernard?

3. Bernard finally takes to calling Tom ______________.

4. Tom describes his father as a ________.

5. What is the name of Tom's sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Tom turn the tables on Bernard?

3. What is one of the benefits of Tom's extraordinary childhood?

4. How does Lila react to the news of Tom's actions against Todd?

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

6. Why does Henry covert to Catholicism?

7. Why does Tom punch Todd Newbury, and what does this reveal or suggest about Tom?

8. How does Tom explain the recording of Savannah's psychotic seizure?

9. How would you describe Lila Wingo?

10. How does the Prologue present the father of the Wingo children?

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