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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 the albino porpoise in Colleton?
(a) Snow.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Susan.
(d) Snowflake.

2. Who stays in Colleton with Luke?
(a) Tom.
(b) Lila.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Mr. Fruit.

3. What does Luke name his boat?
(a) Miss Savannah.
(b) Miss Melrose.
(c) Miss Ruby.
(d) Miss Lila.

4. What does Tom tell Lila he has decided to tell Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) What happened the day Henry beat Luke.
(b) What happened the summer Savannah first tried to kill herself.
(c) What happened the afternoon the tiger got loose from Henry.
(d) What happened on the island that Savannah described allegorically.

5. Why do Tom and Savannah get in a fight near the end of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Tom says the word "nigger."
(b) Tom steals her journal.
(c) Tom refuses to give a nickel to a man begging for change.
(d) Tom makes fun of Grandpa Wingo praying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the only friend to care for Isabel on her deathbed?

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

4. Why does Lila insist that Tom remain silent about the past?

5. Who does Luke kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might the appearance of Snow symbolize?

2. Why does Henry help "The Amberjack"?

3. Why does Tom find the map on Reese Newbury's wall disconcerting?

4. Why is Tom jealous of Savannah in Chapter 18?

5. Why does Susan insist that Savannah wants to become the persona called Renata?

6. What is different, according to Susan, about the way Bernard interacts with Tom and his father?

7. What does Henry's visit to Tom in this chapter reveal about Henry's character?

8. What does Tom suspect about Amos' Good Friday walk?

9. Why is Tom shy in the locker room at South Carolina University?

10. How does the town react to "The Amberjack's" presence?

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