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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character challenges Tom to a fight after school?
(a) Peter Blankenship.
(b) Benji Washington.
(c) Todd Newbury.
(d) Oscar Woodhead.

2. In Chapter Nineteen, who helps Tom search through Savannah's apartment?
(a) Oscar Woodhead.
(b) Eddie Detreville.
(c) Luke Wingo.
(d) Dr. Lowenstein.

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

4. Why is Bernard no longer continuing his football lessons?
(a) He does not care for football anymore.
(b) He has learned all the lessons football can teach him.
(c) His father is sending him to music camp.
(d) He thinks Tom is a horrible instructor.

5. In Chapter Twenty-One, how does Lila try to distract Tom from his intentions to tell the doctor the truth about what happened to the family?
(a) Tom is not the son she wanted him to be.
(b) Sallie is having an indiscreet affair.
(c) Lila is ill with a terminal disease.
(d) Tom's children are no longer attending school.

6. What event causes Tom to cry while talking to Lila?
(a) Tom tries to convince her not to divorce Henry.
(b) Henry violently attacks Tom.
(c) Savannah tried to kill herself.
(d) Amos' death.

7. Why doesn't Susan want to call the sheriff after the family is attacked in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) She is too ashamed.
(b) She is unable to speak.
(c) She is unconscious.
(d) She is too injured.

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

9. Where has "The Amberjack" gone after making its capture?
(a) New York City.
(b) Florida.
(c) Georgia.
(d) South Carolina.

10. Which of the following characters attacks Lila Wingo?
(a) Floyd Merlin.
(b) Randy Thompson.
(c) Henry Wingo.
(d) Otis Miller.

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

12. What is Renata Halpern's book about?
(a) Events he remembers from Savannah's childhood.
(b) Events he remembers from Papa John's bedtime stories.
(c) Poetry that seems to resemble Savannah's.
(d) Mystical creatures Tom does not recognize.

13. Why won't Lila buy Tom the clothes he asks for?
(a) Because she wants to teach him to treasure what he cannot have.
(b) Because the Wingo family cannot afford it.
(c) Because she does not love Tom as much as Savannah.
(d) Because Henry refuses to dress his boys that way.

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

15. Who is Benji Washington?
(a) A black student in Colleton High School.
(b) A good friend of Tom Wingo.
(c) A transient man who stalks Lila Wingo.
(d) A football team lineman at Colleton High School.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Twenty-Two, what does Luke say he plans to do with his life after graduation?

2. To teach the boy respect, what does Tom make Bernard do?

3. Who hatches a plan to rescue "The Amberjack's" cargo?

4. Why is Sallie unable to answer Tom over the phone?

5. What does Tom confront his father about?

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