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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 bring Papa John his meals every night.
(c) They help their mother with chores around the house.
(d) They take care of Papa John's collection of black widow spiders.

2. Which of the following is NOT true about the traumatic memory from the Wingo childhood?
(a) Tom and Luke remember every detail of what happened that day.
(b) Tom and Luke agree never to speak about it.
(c) Lila insists it never happened.
(d) Savannah seems to be unaffected by the experience.

3. Who is Sarah Jenkins?
(a) Lila Wingo's sister-in-law.
(b) An eighty-five-year-old black midwife.
(c) One of Grandfather Amos' servants.
(d) A neighbor of the Wingos'.

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

5. Which of the following characters dies during the storm?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Amos.
(c) Lila.
(d) Esther.

6. What does Dr. Lowenstein's husband do for a living?
(a) He is a musician.
(b) He is a doctor like his wife.
(c) He is a professor at a city university.
(d) He is a writer.

7. What news do Tom and his family discover in Chapter One?
(a) Savannah has tried to commit suicide again.
(b) Lila has finally remarried.
(c) Tom's father recently passed away.
(d) Tom's brother decided to move back home.

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

9. Why are Tom and Luke awakened in the middle of the night while visiting Savannah in New York in Chapter Two?
(a) Savannah is in the throes of a psychotic spell.
(b) Luke is crying out from a terrible nightmare.
(c) Lila phones them with urgent news about a family emergency.
(d) Tom's wife has called with a tearful confession.

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

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

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

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

14. What is the name of Tom's wife?
(a) Lila.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Rose.

15. Why does Tom begin writing letters to South Carolina?
(a) He is writing Luke to tell him about Savannah's progress.
(b) He is writing his wife to reignite the lost romance between them.
(c) He is writing schools to find a football coaching position.
(d) He is writing his mother to reconcile their estranged relationship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During which decade does Tom begin recalling the story of his family?

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

4. How much time has passed since Tom and Luke went to visit their sister in New York?

5. After producing a letter from Lila, how does Dr. Lowenstein view Tom's mother?

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