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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amos bring everyone to the hayloft barn?
(a) Because robbers have broken into the house.
(b) Because the storm begins to flood the house.
(c) Because racist townsfolk are threatening the Wingo servants.
(d) Because Amos wants to have a prayer meeting.

2. What does Tom leave in the Newbury house while they are out of town?
(a) A dead squirrel.
(b) A dead loggerhead turtle.
(c) A bag of horse manure.
(d) A pile of rotting shrimp.

3. Tom is determined to discover ____________.
(a) Why Lila refuses to admit that anything traumatic happened to the children.
(b) Why Dr. Lowenstein keeps her emotional distance from him.
(c) Why his wife has decided to leave him.
(d) Why Savannah has become psychotic.

4. What do we learn is Dr. Lowenstein's first name?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Susan.
(d) Sharon.

5. Dr. Lowenstein admits that she finds it strange that the Wingo family would have a subscription to _______________.
(a) The New Yorker.
(b) The Gourmet magazine.
(c) Better Homes and Gardens.
(d) The New York Times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Lowenstein's reaction to Tom telling the story about Todd Newbury?

2. Why does Isabel Newbury leave Tom and his mother standing on the porch?

3. How would you characterize Bernard's attitude in his first meeting with Tom?

4. When Henry is recalled to the Air Force to go to Korea, where do Lila and the children go to live?

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

(see the answer key)

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