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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters dies during the storm?
(a) Amos.
(b) Esther.
(c) Lila.
(d) Sarah.

3. How does Luke feel about New York City?
(a) He is fascinated by the feminists he encounters in New York.
(b) He feels that this evil city is no place for his little sister.
(c) He disagrees with Tom that urban life is more interesting than Southern gallantry.
(d) He feels that this sophisticated metropolis is the perfect place for his sister.

4. 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 call his mother and tell her how he feels.
(c) He promises to let the doctor help him with his marriage.
(d) He promises to tell her everything she wants to know about Savannah's past.

5. What is the name of Tom's wife?
(a) Lila.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Rose.
(d) Savannah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much time has passed since Tom and Luke went to visit their sister in New York?

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

4. Which of the following images from the Prologue could serve as an analogy for Tom and Savannah's wondrous and nightmarish childhood?

5. Which of the following types of imagery dominates the Prologue?

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