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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sarah Jenkins?
(a) A neighbor of the Wingos'.
(b) One of Grandfather Amos' servants.
(c) Lila Wingo's sister-in-law.
(d) An eighty-five-year-old black midwife.

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

3. What is the initial topic of Tom's heated discussion with Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) The nature of Savannah's poetry.
(b) The abbreviated history Tom gives of his childhood.
(c) The doctor's refusal to give Tom her first name.
(d) The ignorance Tom has of mental health.

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

5. Chapter Two flashes back to the 1970s when Tom is a _____________.
(a) ROTC cadet.
(b) Advocate and demonstrator for civil rights.
(c) Football coach and teacher.
(d) Shrimp boat captain off the coast of Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom describes his father as a ________.

2. According to Tom, which character seems to be the most caring person in the children's lives?

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

4. Tom recounts that, while growing up, the Wingo children had no idea ______________.

5. What does Ruby Blankenship offer the children?

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