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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tolitha do every Good Friday?
(a) She goes to church and prays.
(b) She gets drunk in her room.
(c) She joins her husband in his rituals.
(d) She leaves town to visit family.

2. Where does Grandpa take the children after his Good Friday performance?
(a) To catch crabs for supper.
(b) To church to pray for their souls.
(c) To collect oysters for supper.
(d) To catch fish for supper.

3. Why is Sallie unable to answer Tom over the phone?
(a) She no longer feels the same way about Tom.
(b) Her lover is at the front door.
(c) The children can hear the conversation.
(d) Her affair with the doctor has become too complicated.

4. What does Tom read to better understand Savannah's psychosis?
(a) Savannah's journal.
(b) Lila's family history.
(c) Medical journals.
(d) Case histories.

5. Why does Tom call Sallie?
(a) To tell her that he wants her to be his wife.
(b) All of these.
(c) To warn her that Lila may be calling.
(d) To tell her that he still loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is NOT embarrassed by Grandpa Amos' show?

2. Why is Dr. Lowenstein's son alienated from his father?

3. Why do Tom and Savannah get in a fight near the end of Chapter Fourteen?

4. What do we learn is Dr. Lowenstein's first name?

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, how does Lila try to distract Tom from his intentions to tell the doctor the truth about what happened to the family?

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