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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Susan finally admit Renata to be?
(a) A ghost writer Savannah used to write her childhood story.
(b) An alter ego who helped Savannah see through one of her psychotic episodes.
(c) A neighbor who helped Savannah write the story of her childhood.
(d) A patient of Dr. Lowenstein's who tried to kill Savannah.

2. Why does the Sheriff take Amos' drivers license?
(a) He almost kills Mr. Fruit.
(b) He ran a stop sign.
(c) He hit the sheriff's car.
(d) He hit a dog while driving.

3. Why does Lila insist that Tom remain silent about the past?
(a) Because the doctor will not understand.
(b) Because Tom's wife should hear the story first.
(c) Because Savannah will write about it.
(d) Because Luke will be crushed by the news.

4. Where is Luke found?
(a) Melrose Island.
(b) The rubble from the bridge.
(c) The railroad station.
(d) Marsh Hen Island.

5. Who does Grandpa Amos talk to while driving?
(a) Lila.
(b) God.
(c) Moses.
(d) Tom.

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

7. Who takes a stand for Benji before the football game against North Charleston?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Luke.
(d) Tom.

8. Why is Sallie unable to answer Tom over the phone?
(a) Her affair with the doctor has become too complicated.
(b) Her lover is at the front door.
(c) The children can hear the conversation.
(d) She no longer feels the same way about Tom.

9. While fighting in the Vietnam War, how does Luke survive a near-fatal ambush as he looks for a downed pilot?
(a) He swims three miles to his ship.
(b) He is rescued by the lieutenant.
(c) He shoots his way past enemy lines.
(d) He hides in an old army bunker.

10. Why do Tom and Savannah get in a fight near the end of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Tom says the word "nigger."
(b) Tom makes fun of Grandpa Wingo praying.
(c) Tom steals her journal.
(d) Tom refuses to give a nickel to a man begging for change.

11. What position does Tom play at South Carolina University?
(a) Defensive safety.
(b) Runningback.
(c) Linebacker.
(d) Quarterback.

12. Who does Luke kill?
(a) Four railroad employees.
(b) Four FBI agents.
(c) Tom.
(d) Two green berets.

13. What ritual does Grandpa perform every Good Friday?
(a) He reenacts Jesus' walk to Calvary.
(b) He reenacts the Last Supper.
(c) He reenacts Jesus' crucifixion.
(d) He reenacts Jesus' passion and beatings.

14. What is Reese Newbury's land to be used for?
(a) A farm.
(b) A shrimp factory.
(c) A boatyard.
(d) A nuclear production site.

15. What does Tom tell Lila he has decided to tell Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) What happened the afternoon the tiger got loose from Henry.
(b) What happened on the island that Savannah described allegorically.
(c) What happened the day Henry beat Luke.
(d) What happened the summer Savannah first tried to kill herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will marry Reese Newbury after the death of his wife?

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

3. Tom is ashamed that he will be the only boy at the dance dressed in __________.

4. What is the name of the poem Savannah reads at Luke's funeral?

5. After Tom confronts her in Chapter Twenty, what does Susan then accuse Tom of doing?

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