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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following events does NOT happen during the family picnic?
(a) Henry calls Tom a girl.
(b) Henry spits at his daughter.
(c) Luke vows to pray that his father dies in Korea.
(d) Lila is violently shaken by her husband.

3. What does Lila teach her children to do?
(a) She taught them to hide their wounds with lies.
(b) She taught them to respect nature in all its beauty.
(c) She taught them to judge people based on appearances.
(d) She taught them to always follow their dreams.

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

5. After discussing the issue or Renata in Chapter Twenty, Tom flashes back to a time when the three children were __________________.
(a) Listening to Papa John tell one of his stories,
(b) Running in a the forest called "Callanwolde".
(c) Letting themselves sink to the bottom of a river.
(d) Hiding from their father in one of his drunken rages.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would you describe the tone of Dr. Lowenstein when she refers to Tom as "Tom Wingo of South Carolina"?

2. Why does Tom tell Dr. Lowenstein the story of his mother's quest to win the Colleton League cookbook contest?

3. Why has Tom not seen Savannah the last three years?

4. What does Lila do after finding Savannah's journal?

5. Where does Tom meet Sallie?

(see the answer key)

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