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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as Tom tries to explain the game of football to Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) She is outraged that Tom would even speak to her about sports.
(b) She agrees to attend Bernard's games in the fall.
(c) She refuses to understand it.
(d) She understands and appreciates the game.

2. Tom is determined to discover ____________.
(a) Why Dr. Lowenstein keeps her emotional distance from him.
(b) Why Savannah has become psychotic.
(c) Why his wife has decided to leave him.
(d) Why Lila refuses to admit that anything traumatic happened to the children.

3. How many children do Tom and his wife have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

4. What is the name of Tom's sister?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Lila.
(c) Rose.
(d) Susan.

5. Tom is correct in guessing that ______________.
(a) Bernard is intimidated by Tom's athleticism.
(b) Bernard is not popular at school.
(c) Bernard has a secret girlfriend.
(d) Bernard is afraid to take football seriously.

6. Which of the following types of imagery dominates the Prologue?
(a) Fish, flora, and sunsets.
(b) Flowers, landscapes, and horizons.
(c) Farms and countrysides.
(d) City streets and tall buildings.

7. Henry tries which of the following plots to make money?
(a) All of these.
(b) He invests in ethnic greeting cards.
(c) He tries farming.
(d) He buys the Esso gasoline station in Colleton.

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

9. 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 Lila's family in Charlotte.
(c) They go to live on the Air Force base in Hawaii.
(d) They go to live with Henry's mother in Atlanta.

10. In Chapter Five, what job is given to the Wingo children when they go to live with Papa John?
(a) They help their mother with chores around the house.
(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 Papa John into the basement every night to watch after his spiders.

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

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

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

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

15. What does Tom read in the waiting room of Dr. Lowenstein's office?
(a) A magazine about childhood emotional disorders.
(b) A book of Savannah's poetry.
(c) A diploma of Dr. Lowenstein's hanging on the wall.
(d) A book of paintings reminiscent of his own childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the old German priest guilt-ridden?

2. How has Savannah responded to Tom's letters, according to Dr. Lowenstein?

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

4. What does Tom really think of Bernard?

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

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