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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Lila react to the turkey donated by the Colleton League?
(a) She breaks down in tears.
(b) She shoots it with a shotgun.
(c) She throws it in the garbage.
(d) She refuses to accept it.

3. What news do Tom and his family discover in Chapter One?
(a) Tom's father recently passed away.
(b) Tom's brother decided to move back home.
(c) Savannah has tried to commit suicide again.
(d) Lila has finally remarried.

4. How does the Wingo family react to the last still born, Rose Ann?
(a) Henry puts the body in the shrimp freezer.
(b) Lila forces the children to pray for the baby's soul.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) Henry baptizes the baby himself in the kitchen sink.

5. How would you describe the tone of Dr. Lowenstein when she refers to Tom as "Tom Wingo of South Carolina"?
(a) Sympathetic.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Flirtatious.
(d) Condescending.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Isabel Newbury leave Tom and his mother standing on the porch?

4. How does Henry initially present himself to Lila?

5. What does Ruby Blankenship offer the children?

(see the answer key)

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