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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's wife blurt out to elicit an emotional response from Tom as they walk along the beach in Chapter One?
(a) She chastises Tom for being a horrible provider.
(b) She begs Tom to spend more time with the children.
(c) She confesses she is having an affair.
(d) She tells Tom that she never loved him.

2. Why is the old German priest guilt-ridden?
(a) He betrayed Jewish refugees hiding in his church.
(b) He refused to provide safe haven for Henry Wingo.
(c) He allows Henry to stay until he is strong enough to leave.
(d) He agreed to bless the German soldiers.

3. Where do Tom and Dr. Lowenstein go the night after their initial meeting?
(a) To visit the grave of Tom's deceased grandfather.
(b) To visit Lila in the nursing home.
(c) To visit Luke in a psychiatric ward.
(d) To visit Savannah in the hospital.

4. Who is Winthrop Ogletree?
(a) The town doctor.
(b) The mortician.
(c) The country sheriff.
(d) The local witch doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ruby Blankenship offer the children?

2. What news do Tom and his family discover in Chapter One?

3. Which family member does Tom admit to being the forbidden member of the Wingo clan?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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