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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 read to better understand Savannah's psychosis?
(a) Case histories.
(b) Medical journals.
(c) Savannah's journal.
(d) Lila's family history.

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

3. How much time has passed since Tom and Luke went to visit their sister in New York?
(a) Nine years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Five years.

4. How do Savannah and Tom feel about their father during their teenage years?
(a) They feel nothing toward their father.
(b) They are jealous of their father.
(c) They love their father.
(d) They hate their father.

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 is not the son she wanted him to be.
(b) Tom's children are no longer attending school.
(c) Lila is ill with a terminal disease.
(d) Sallie is having an indiscreet affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tom is correct in guessing that ______________.

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

3. What does Tom make Bernard wear to dinner?

4. After producing a letter from Lila, how does Dr. Lowenstein view Tom's mother?

5. Why might Conroy have included the scene with Tolitha's coffin in Chapter Eight?

(see the answer key)

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