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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tolitha ask Luke to take pictures of her in the coffin?
(a) She wants to go out like a dowager queen.
(b) She is playing a joke on her husband.
(c) She wants to see what she looks like in it.
(d) She wants to frighten Ruby Blankenship.

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

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

4. What does Tom read in the waiting room of Dr. Lowenstein's office?
(a) A book of paintings reminiscent of his own childhood.
(b) A book of Savannah's poetry.
(c) A diploma of Dr. Lowenstein's hanging on the wall.
(d) A magazine about childhood emotional disorders.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dr. Lowenstein inform Tom that she has spoken with on the phone?

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

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. Why does Amos bring everyone to the hayloft barn?

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

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