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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter Two flashes back to the 1970s when Tom is a _____________.
(a) Football coach and teacher.
(b) Shrimp boat captain off the coast of Florida.
(c) Advocate and demonstrator for civil rights.
(d) ROTC cadet.

3. Which of the following does Tom NOT call attention to during his formative years?
(a) Opposing the war.
(b) Running for local office.
(c) Being a cadet in ROTC.
(d) Defending black equality.

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

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) On the island as Lila lays in labor.
(d) In Germany where Henry's plane has been shot down.

Short Answer 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?

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

3. Tom's mother often made up stories about _____________.

4. What does Tom recall that his father did not allow?

5. Tom recalls a time during his________ year when he killed a bald eagle.

(see the answer key)

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