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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tom promise to tell Dr. Lowenstein during dinner?
(a) He promises to tell her everything she wants to know about Savannah's past.
(b) He promises to tell her why he maintains his racist beliefs.
(c) He promises to let the doctor help him with his marriage.
(d) He promises to call his mother and tell her how he feels.

2. To teach the boy respect, what does Tom make Bernard do?
(a) Run one mile the next morning.
(b) Help serve dessert for his mother.
(c) Fifty pushups after dinner.
(d) Help with clearing the dishes after dinner.

3. Where do Tom and Susan go after the dinner party?
(a) Savannah's apartment.
(b) Tom's hotel room.
(c) Central Park.
(d) Susan's terrace.

4. What do we learn about Lila's father in Chapter Eleven?
(a) He was a caring and loving provider.
(b) He was deadpan and nondescript.
(c) He was a cheapskate.
(d) He was an evil-tempered drunk.

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, how does Lila try to distract Tom from his intentions to tell the doctor the truth about what happened to the family?
(a) Tom's children are no longer attending school.
(b) Lila is ill with a terminal disease.
(c) Sallie is having an indiscreet affair.
(d) Tom is not the son she wanted him to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hatches a plan to rescue "The Amberjack's" cargo?

2. How many children do Tom and his wife have?

3. Why is the old German priest guilt-ridden?

4. Which of the following events does NOT transpire when Tom visits Savannah's apartment?

5. Which of the following images from the Prologue could serve as an analogy for Tom and Savannah's wondrous and nightmarish childhood?

(see the answer key)

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