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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 Ruby Blankenship offer the children?
(a) Orange juice.
(b) Saltwater taffy.
(c) Cotton candy.
(d) Juicy Fruit.

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

3. What does Tom say that Grandmother Tolitha did immediately following Papa John's death?
(a) She became a religious fanatic.
(b) She traveled the world until her money ran out.
(c) She went back to Grandpa Wingo.
(d) She moved into a nursing home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. According to Tom, which character seems to be the most caring person in the children's lives?

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