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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Tom, which character seems to be the most caring person in the children's lives?
(a) Papa John.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Tolitha.
(d) Lila.

2. Which of the following is NOT true about the traumatic memory from the Wingo childhood?
(a) Tom and Luke agree never to speak about it.
(b) Tom and Luke remember every detail of what happened that day.
(c) Lila insists it never happened.
(d) Savannah seems to be unaffected by the experience.

3. Why might Conroy have included the scene with Tolitha's coffin in Chapter Eight?
(a) To contrast the religions of Tom's two grandparents.
(b) To reveal some of the darker sides of the Wingo relatives.
(c) To provide a comic relief from the more depressing events of the Wingo history.
(d) To rationalize why Tom is afraid of dying.

4. Tom describes his father as a ________.
(a) Frustrated artist.
(b) Strict disciplinarian.
(c) Beautiful dreamer.
(d) Kind giver.

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

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. What do we learn is Dr. Lowenstein's first name?

3. What does Tom say that Grandmother Tolitha did immediately following Papa John's death?

4. Where are Tom and Dr. Lowenstein at the start of Chapter Six?

5. What does Ruby Blankenship offer the children?

(see the answer key)

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