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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tom recount as his reason for punching Todd Newbury?
(a) Todd insulted Tom's family.
(b) Todd stole his grandmother's camera.
(c) Todd punched Tom's brother.
(d) Todd tried to kiss Tom's sister.

3. Tom recalls a time during his________ year when he killed a bald eagle.
(a) Fifth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Twentieth.
(d) Fifteenth.

4. What does Tom leave in the Newbury house while they are out of town?
(a) A dead squirrel.
(b) A bag of horse manure.
(c) A pile of rotting shrimp.
(d) A dead loggerhead turtle.

5. Tom's story is set against the backdrop of which war?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) Vietnam War.

6. Who tries to buy Henry Wingo's island?
(a) Reese Newbury.
(b) Ruby Blankenship.
(c) Amos Wingo.
(d) Callanwolde Simmons.

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

8. What is the initial topic of Tom's heated discussion with Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) The ignorance Tom has of mental health.
(b) The abbreviated history Tom gives of his childhood.
(c) The doctor's refusal to give Tom her first name.
(d) The nature of Savannah's poetry.

9. In Chapter Five, what job is given to the Wingo children when they go to live with Papa John?
(a) They help Papa John into the basement every night to watch after his spiders.
(b) They take care of Papa John's collection of black widow spiders.
(c) They bring Papa John his meals every night.
(d) They help their mother with chores around the house.

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

11. What does Tom do while waiting for Bernard in Central Park?
(a) He sits on a bench and recalls a memory with Savannah.
(b) He takes off his wedding ring and stares at it.
(c) He watches children playing by the fountain.
(d) He observes the animals in their cages at the zoo.

12. How would you characterize Bernard's attitude in his first meeting with Tom?
(a) Warm and amicable.
(b) Anxious and enthusiastic.
(c) Resentful and angry.
(d) Dull and indifferent.

13. Who or what is "Callanwolde"?
(a) It is the buzz word used by the children to indicate any kind of danger.
(b) It is one of the words Savannah repeats on Dr. Lowenstein's recording.
(c) All answers are correct.
(d) It is the woods around the Chandler estate.

14. When Henry is recalled to the Air Force to go to Korea, where do Lila and the children go to live?
(a) They go to live with Henry's mother in Decatur.
(b) They go to live with Henry's mother in Atlanta.
(c) They go to live with Lila's family in Charlotte.
(d) They go to live on the Air Force base in Hawaii.

15. What role does Bernard actually play on his school's football team?
(a) Cornerback.
(b) Bench warmer.
(c) Water boy.
(d) Equipment manager.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we learn about Lila's father in Chapter Eleven?

2. What does Lila teach her children to do?

3. How does Luke feel about New York City?

4. Why do Tom and Luke travel to New York City?

5. What do we learn is Dr. Lowenstein's first name?

(see the answer keys)

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