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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Benji Washington?
(a) A good friend of Tom Wingo.
(b) A transient man who stalks Lila Wingo.
(c) A football team lineman at Colleton High School.
(d) A black student in Colleton High School.

2. Why does Tom call Sallie?
(a) To tell her that he wants her to be his wife.
(b) To warn her that Lila may be calling.
(c) All of these.
(d) To tell her that he still loves her.

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

4. Why doesn't Susan want to call the sheriff after the family is attacked in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) She is too injured.
(b) She is too ashamed.
(c) She is unconscious.
(d) She is unable to speak.

5. How does Tom feel about the day they retrieved the stolen cargo from "The Amberjack"?
(a) It was the scariest day in his life.
(b) It was the worst day in his life.
(c) It was the strangest day in his life.
(d) It was the best day in his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sallie unable to answer Tom over the phone?

2. What is the name of Tom's wife?

3. After discussing the issue or Renata in Chapter Twenty, Tom flashes back to a time when the three children were __________________.

4. Bernard finally takes to calling Tom ______________.

5. How does the Wingo family react to the last still born, Rose Ann?

(see the answer key)

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