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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many different types of Wingos are there according to Tom?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Luke say he plans to do with his life after graduation?
(a) Move to New York City and open his own business.
(b) Go to college on a football scholarship.
(c) Leave Melrose Island and head to California.
(d) Be a shrimper like his father.

3. Dr. Lowenstein admits that she finds it strange that the Wingo family would have a subscription to _______________.
(a) Better Homes and Gardens.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The Gourmet magazine.
(d) The New York Times.

4. How does Herbert Woodruff speak to Tom at the dinner party?
(a) With disinterest and apathy.
(b) With warmth and hospitality.
(c) With cruel sarcasm.
(d) With contempt and bitterness.

5. Where are Tom and Dr. Lowenstein at the start of Chapter Six?
(a) They are sharing a taxi ride.
(b) They are having cocktails together.
(c) They are in the hospital.
(d) They are in a therapy session at Lowenstein's office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tom say that Grandmother Tolitha did immediately following Papa John's death?

2. How do the children get around the night watchman on "The Amberjack"?

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

4. Who is Winthrop Ogletree?

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

(see the answer key)

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