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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luke feel about New York City?
(a) He is fascinated by the feminists he encounters in New York.
(b) He disagrees with Tom that urban life is more interesting than Southern gallantry.
(c) He feels that this evil city is no place for his little sister.
(d) He feels that this sophisticated metropolis is the perfect place for his sister.

2. 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.

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

4. Where do Tom and Dr. Lowenstein go the night after their initial meeting?
(a) To visit Savannah in the hospital.
(b) To visit Luke in a psychiatric ward.
(c) To visit Lila in the nursing home.
(d) To visit the grave of Tom's deceased grandfather.

5. Where does Lila go to reinvent herself?
(a) Colleton.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Charlotte.

6. How has Savannah responded to Tom's letters, according to Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) They have angered Savannah to thoughts of suicide.
(b) They have upset Savannah to the point of needing sedation.
(c) They have not been read by Savannah.
(d) They have inspired Savannah to overcome her illness.

7. How does the Wingo family react to the last still born, Rose Ann?
(a) Henry puts the body in the shrimp freezer.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Lila forces the children to pray for the baby's soul.
(d) Henry baptizes the baby himself in the kitchen sink.

8. How does the principal feel about Tom beating up Todd?
(a) He does not care.
(b) He is ashamed.
(c) He is glad.
(d) He is shocked.

9. Why do Tom and Luke travel to New York City?
(a) To visit their sick father in the hospital.
(b) To see the Broadway show Savannah was starring in.
(c) To meet the paternal grandfather they never knew.
(d) To attend Savannah's poetry reading.

10. Whose phone call disrupts the harmony of the opening scene?
(a) Lila's.
(b) Chandler's.
(c) Savannah's.
(d) Susan's.

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

12. Why does Tolitha ask Luke to take pictures of her in the coffin?
(a) She is playing a joke on her husband.
(b) She wants to see what she looks like in it.
(c) She wants to go out like a dowager queen.
(d) She wants to frighten Ruby Blankenship.

13. How does Henry initially present himself to Lila?
(a) As a poor but loving admirer.
(b) As a decorated war veteran.
(c) As a rich and influential banker.
(d) As a large landowner.

14. What transformation occurs in Henry when he is on his shrimping boat?
(a) He plays the guitar and sings often.
(b) He never drinks.
(c) He never hits the children.
(d) He refuses to look at his children.

15. What does Tom recall that his father did not allow?
(a) He did not permit failure at school.
(b) He did not permit crimes against nature.
(c) He did not permit socializing with other races.
(d) He did not permit disrepect.

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. How does Luke respond to the tiger's presence?

4. Why does Henry buy the tiger from the circus?

5. Henry tries which of the following plots to make money?

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