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

2. How many children do Tom and his wife have?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

3. Who tries to buy Henry Wingo's island?
(a) Reese Newbury.
(b) Amos Wingo.
(c) Ruby Blankenship.
(d) Callanwolde Simmons.

4. When Henry is recalled to the Air Force to go to Korea, where do Lila and the children go to live?
(a) They go to live with Henry's mother in Atlanta.
(b) They go to live with Lila's family in Charlotte.
(c) They go to live on the Air Force base in Hawaii.
(d) They go to live with Henry's mother in Decatur.

5. What do we learn about Lila's father in Chapter Eleven?
(a) He was deadpan and nondescript.
(b) He was a cheapskate.
(c) He was a caring and loving provider.
(d) He was an evil-tempered drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose phone call disrupts the harmony of the opening scene?

2. Which family member does Tom admit to being the forbidden member of the Wingo clan?

3. Who or what is "Callanwolde"?

4. What happens as Tom tries to explain the game of football to Dr. Lowenstein?

5. What does Dr. Lowenstein's husband do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the scene in the funeral parlor contrast with the rest of the Wingo childhood?

2. How does Tom turn the tables on Bernard?

3. What is one of the benefits of Tom's extraordinary childhood?

4. How does Lila react to Henry's buying a tiger?

5. What kind of family does the Prologue portray?

6. How does Dr. Lowenstein perceive Lila in Chapter Six?

7. Why does Tom admit to hating both men and women equally?

8. What is the significance of the game Tom plays with his daughters?

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

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

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