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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the campaign to welcome a black boy into the school?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Luke.
(c) Tom.
(d) Oscar.

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

3. Why won't Lila buy Tom the clothes he asks for?
(a) Because she does not love Tom as much as Savannah.
(b) Because Henry refuses to dress his boys that way.
(c) Because she wants to teach him to treasure what he cannot have.
(d) Because the Wingo family cannot afford it.

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

5. Where does the narrative of Chapter Four take place?
(a) In New York City as Savannah prepares for another performance.
(b) On the island as Lila lays in labor.
(c) In Europe where Henry is a pilot stationed in Europe.
(d) In Germany where Henry's plane has been shot down.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom's story is set against the backdrop of which war?

2. After Susan expresses her desire for Tom at the end of Chapter Fifteen, how does the evening end for these two characters?

3. Where does Lila go to reinvent herself?

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

5. What does Tom see as the character flaw in Tolitha?

(see the answer key)

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