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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. Where does Lila go to reinvent herself?
(a) Colleton.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Charlotte.

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

3. Why does Henry buy the tiger from the circus?
(a) As a playmate for the children.
(b) As an advertising stunt for his business.
(c) As security for the Wingo home.
(d) As a practical joke to play on Lila.

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

5. Why does Tom tell Dr. Lowenstein the story of his mother's quest to win the Colleton League cookbook contest?
(a) To show Lila's lust to be part of the social elite.
(b) To show Lila's determination and work ethic.
(c) To show Lila's lack of maternal instincts.
(d) To show Lila's innate ability as a homemaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tom begin writing letters to South Carolina?

2. Dr. Lowenstein admits that she finds it strange that the Wingo family would have a subscription to _______________.

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

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

5. What does Tom recount as his reason for punching Todd Newbury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the story of Lila's quest to win the Colleton League cookbook contest reveal about her character?

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

3. How does the Prologue present the father of the Wingo children?

4. Why does Henry covert to Catholicism?

5. What kind of family does the Prologue portray?

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

7. How does Tom turn the tables on Bernard?

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

9. How does Lila feel about Henry's profession as a shrimper?

10. How does the fury of the storm echo the plight of Lila Wingo?

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