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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tom is determined to discover ____________.
(a) Why Savannah has become psychotic.
(b) Why Lila refuses to admit that anything traumatic happened to the children.
(c) Why Dr. Lowenstein keeps her emotional distance from him.
(d) Why his wife has decided to leave him.

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

3. Where are Tom and Dr. Lowenstein at the start of Chapter Six?
(a) They are in the hospital.
(b) They are in a therapy session at Lowenstein's office.
(c) They are having cocktails together.
(d) They are sharing a taxi ride.

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

5. Tom recalls a time during his________ year when he killed a bald eagle.
(a) Tenth.
(b) Fifth.
(c) Fifteenth.
(d) Twentieth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Five, what job is given to the Wingo children when they go to live with Papa John?

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

3. When Henry is recalled to the Air Force to go to Korea, where do Lila and the children go to live?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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