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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tom see as the character flaw in Tolitha?
(a) She relies too much on superstition.
(b) She refuses to attend church with her husband.
(c) She turns to drinking whenever a situation is tense.
(d) She has a violent side like her son.

3. Why does Isabel Newbury leave Tom and his mother standing on the porch?
(a) Todd doesn't want to speak to Tom.
(b) Todd's father will erupt if he sees Tom.
(c) Standing on the porch is part of Tom's punishment.
(d) Isabel refuses to answer the door.

4. Tom's mother often made up stories about _____________.
(a) About the civil war heroes of the South.
(b) About the lives of their ancestors.
(c) About her husband's past.
(d) About the dreams of all living things.

5. What does Tom promise to tell Dr. Lowenstein during dinner?
(a) He promises to let the doctor help him with his marriage.
(b) He promises to tell her everything she wants to know about Savannah's past.
(c) He promises to call his mother and tell her how he feels.
(d) He promises to tell her why he maintains his racist beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bernard finally takes to calling Tom ______________.

2. Where does the narrative of Chapter Four take place?

3. Which of the following types of imagery dominates the Prologue?

4. Why does Amos bring everyone to the hayloft barn?

5. Where does Lila go to reinvent herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the topic of Savannah's poetry?

2. What kind of family does the Prologue portray?

3. Why does Tom punch Todd Newbury, and what does this reveal or suggest about Tom?

4. How does the death of Rose Ann reveal the nature of the Wingo parents?

5. How has coaching Bernard helped Tom?

6. Why doesn't Lila want the children to tell their father about the man called "Callanwolde"?

7. How does Lila react to the news of Tom's actions against Todd?

8. Why does Tom feel the fallow deer are out of place in the Central Park Zoo?

9. How do the Wingo children get revenge on the Newburys?

10. How does Tom explain the recording of Savannah's psychotic seizure?

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