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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. In Chapter Five, what job is given to the Wingo children when they go to live with Papa John?
(a) They bring Papa John his meals every night.
(b) They help their mother with chores around the house.
(c) They help Papa John into the basement every night to watch after his spiders.
(d) They take care of Papa John's collection of black widow spiders.

2. How does Tom characterize himself in relation to the other Wingo children?
(a) As the eldest and the one with strength.
(b) As the least intelligent.
(c) As the normal but mediocre one.
(d) As the one who battles black dogs and hanging angels.

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

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

5. Which of the following events does NOT transpire when Tom visits Savannah's apartment?
(a) He breaks down and weeps after seeing his sister's artwork on the walls.
(b) He is threatened by a neighbor wielding a pistol.
(c) He reads a letter from his wallet written by Savannah years ago.
(d) He lies down on Savannah's bed with a migraine headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose phone call disrupts the harmony of the opening scene?

2. How would you characterize Tom's initial behavior towards Dr. Lowenstein?

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

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

5. Tom describes his father as a ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is curious about Tolitha and Amos having Henry for a son?

2. Why doesn't Lila want the children to tell their father about the man called "Callanwolde"?

3. Why does Henry covert to Catholicism?

4. Why does Tom feel Grandma Tolitha returns to Grandpa Wingo?

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

6. Why does Tom admit to hating both men and women equally?

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

8. What is the significance of the game Tom plays with his daughters?

9. What kind of family does the Prologue portray?

10. How does Dr. Lowenstein perceive Lila in Chapter Six?

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