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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom do while waiting for Bernard in Central Park?
(a) He observes the animals in their cages at the zoo.
(b) He takes off his wedding ring and stares at it.
(c) He watches children playing by the fountain.
(d) He sits on a bench and recalls a memory with Savannah.

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

3. What news do Tom and his family discover in Chapter One?
(a) Savannah has tried to commit suicide again.
(b) Lila has finally remarried.
(c) Tom's father recently passed away.
(d) Tom's brother decided to move back home.

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

5. Where is Melrose Island located?
(a) Among the Florida Keys.
(b) Outside Long Island Sound.
(c) Near a shipping town in North Carolina.
(d) Off the coast of South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why won't Lila buy Tom the clothes he asks for?

2. What is the initial topic of Tom's heated discussion with Dr. Lowenstein?

3. How does the Wingo family react to the last still born, Rose Ann?

4. After producing a letter from Lila, how does Dr. Lowenstein view Tom's mother?

5. Where does Lila go to reinvent herself?

(see the answer key)

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