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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Tom's mother often made up stories about _____________.
(a) About the civil war heroes of the South.
(b) About the lives of their ancestors.
(c) About her husband's past.
(d) About the dreams of all living things.

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

4. Tom recounts that, while growing up, the Wingo children had no idea ______________.
(a) How dangerous Callanwolde could actually be.
(b) How unhappy their mother actually was.
(c) How religiously fanatical their grandfather was.
(d) How physically abusive their father was to their mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Tom is determined to discover ____________.

5. Why does Henry light a candle at the statue of the Infant of Prague?

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