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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do Tom and his wife have?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. Who is Sarah Jenkins?
(a) A neighbor of the Wingos'.
(b) One of Grandfather Amos' servants.
(c) Lila Wingo's sister-in-law.
(d) An eighty-five-year-old black midwife.

3. Whose phone call disrupts the harmony of the opening scene?
(a) Chandler's.
(b) Savannah's.
(c) Susan's.
(d) Lila's.

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

5. Where do Tom and Dr. Lowenstein go the night after their initial meeting?
(a) To visit the grave of Tom's deceased grandfather.
(b) To visit Luke in a psychiatric ward.
(c) To visit Lila in the nursing home.
(d) To visit Savannah in the hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom's wife blurt out to elicit an emotional response from Tom as they walk along the beach in Chapter One?

2. Who does Dr. Lowenstein inform Tom that she has spoken with on the phone?

3. What does Lila teach her children to do?

4. What does Tom promise to tell Dr. Lowenstein during dinner?

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

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