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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Luke advise Tom on winning the fight?
(a) He tells Tom to use a sucker punch to the groin.
(b) He tells Tom to fake an injury.
(c) He tells Tom to kick his opponent in his bad knee.
(d) He tells Tom to use his speed.

2. Who arrives at Savannah's apartment the morning after the dinner party?
(a) Lila.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Reese Newbury.
(d) Bernard.

3. Why doesn't Savannah go to New York after graduation as she originally planned?
(a) Her suicide attempt.
(b) Her lack of finances.
(c) Her fear of the city.
(d) Her allegiance to her family.

4. 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 summer Savannah first tried to kill herself.
(d) What happened the day Henry beat Luke.

5. What does Tom make Bernard wear to dinner?
(a) A straight jacket.
(b) A football uniform.
(c) A white lab coat.
(d) A chef's hat.

6. Tom wonders why Susan told him she thought her husband _________________.
(a) Was possibly homosexual.
(b) Was having an affair.
(c) Was not a good father to Bernard.
(d) Was abused as a child.

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

8. Why does the football coach change his mind about integration?
(a) He sees how fast the black student can run.
(b) He sees how well the black student can throw.
(c) He sees how diligent the black student is in his classes.
(d) He sees how hard the black student can hit.

9. What does Tom read to better understand Savannah's psychosis?
(a) Case histories.
(b) Savannah's journal.
(c) Medical journals.
(d) Lila's family history.

10. How do the children get around the night watchman on "The Amberjack"?
(a) A bottle of gin.
(b) A clever distraction.
(c) A swift blow to the back of his head.
(d) Sleeping pills.

11. Where do Tom and Luke go after the game?
(a) To a rally.
(b) To a corner store.
(c) To a movie.
(d) To a dance.

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

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

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 Tom's wife should hear the story first.
(d) Because the doctor will not understand.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Susan expresses her desire for Tom at the end of Chapter Fifteen, how does the evening end for these two characters?

2. What is Renata Halpern's book about?

3. Why does Tom call Sallie?

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

5. Who is Benji Washington?

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