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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 turns to drinking whenever a situation is tense.
(b) She has a violent side like her son.
(c) She relies too much on superstition.
(d) She refuses to attend church with her husband.

2. Why does Henry light a candle at the statue of the Infant of Prague?
(a) For the farm woman who was beaten for feeding Henry.
(b) For his family, whom Henry misses very much.
(c) For the old priest who was hung for helping Henry.
(d) For the Swiss family whose house was destroyed for haboring Henry.

3. How much time has passed since Tom and Luke went to visit their sister in New York?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) Twenty years.

4. Whose phone call disrupts the harmony of the opening scene?
(a) Savannah's.
(b) Lila's.
(c) Susan's.
(d) Chandler's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why might Conroy have included the scene with Tolitha's coffin in Chapter Eight?

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

3. What does Tom promise to tell Dr. Lowenstein during dinner?

4. What is the name of Tom's wife?

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

(see the answer key)

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