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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 recall that his father did not allow?
(a) He did not permit failure at school.
(b) He did not permit disrepect.
(c) He did not permit crimes against nature.
(d) He did not permit socializing with other races.

2. Why are Tom and Luke awakened in the middle of the night while visiting Savannah in New York in Chapter Two?
(a) Tom's wife has called with a tearful confession.
(b) Lila phones them with urgent news about a family emergency.
(c) Luke is crying out from a terrible nightmare.
(d) Savannah is in the throes of a psychotic spell.

3. Why do Tom and Luke travel to New York City?
(a) To meet the paternal grandfather they never knew.
(b) To see the Broadway show Savannah was starring in.
(c) To attend Savannah's poetry reading.
(d) To visit their sick father in the hospital.

4. Tom's story is set against the backdrop of which war?
(a) World War II.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Korean War.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Tom NOT call attention to during his formative years?

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

3. Tom describes his father as a ________.

4. Tom and Savannah admittedly resent their parents because ___________.

5. Where does the narrative of Chapter Four take place?

(see the answer key)

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