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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 do we learn is Dr. Lowenstein's first name?
(a) Samantha.
(b) Susan.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Sallie.

2. How do Savannah and Tom feel about their father during their teenage years?
(a) They love their father.
(b) They feel nothing toward their father.
(c) They are jealous of their father.
(d) They hate their father.

3. Dr. Lowenstein admits that she finds it strange that the Wingo family would have a subscription to _______________.
(a) The Gourmet magazine.
(b) Better Homes and Gardens.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The New Yorker.

4. In Chapter Five, what job is given to the Wingo children when they go to live with Papa John?
(a) They bring Papa John his meals every night.
(b) They help their mother with chores around the house.
(c) They take care of Papa John's collection of black widow spiders.
(d) They help Papa John into the basement every night to watch after his spiders.

5. What transformation occurs in Henry when he is on his shrimping boat?
(a) He refuses to look at his children.
(b) He never hits the children.
(c) He never drinks.
(d) He plays the guitar and sings often.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT true about the traumatic memory from the Wingo childhood?

2. How many different types of Wingos are there according to Tom?

3. Bernard finally takes to calling Tom ______________.

4. What is the name of the school Bernard attends?

5. What is the name of Tom's wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is curious about Tolitha and Amos having Henry for a son?

2. Why does Henry covert to Catholicism?

3. What does the robbery that Luke witnesses in New York show us about the city?

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

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

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

7. How has coaching Bernard helped Tom?

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

9. How does Tom turn the tables on Bernard?

10. How does the phone call contrast with the idyllic opening of Chapter 1?

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