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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom see as the character flaw in Tolitha?
(a) She refuses to attend church with her husband.
(b) She turns to drinking whenever a situation is tense.
(c) She relies too much on superstition.
(d) She has a violent side like her son.

2. Which family member does Tom admit to being the forbidden member of the Wingo clan?
(a) Amos.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Tom.
(d) Luke.

3. Where does the narrative of Chapter Four take place?
(a) In Europe where Henry is a pilot stationed in Europe.
(b) In Germany where Henry's plane has been shot down.
(c) In New York City as Savannah prepares for another performance.
(d) On the island as Lila lays in labor.

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

5. What does Tom promise to tell Dr. Lowenstein during dinner?
(a) He promises to let the doctor help him with his marriage.
(b) He promises to call his mother and tell her how he feels.
(c) He promises to tell her everything she wants to know about Savannah's past.
(d) He promises to tell her why he maintains his racist beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tolitha ask Luke to take pictures of her in the coffin?

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

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

4. After the children are in bed, where do Tom and his wife go?

5. What is it about Henry Wingo that is difficult for Tom to reconcile?

(see the answer key)

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