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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. Who is Winthrop Ogletree?
(a) The country sheriff.
(b) The local witch doctor.
(c) The town doctor.
(d) The mortician.

2. How would you characterize Tom's initial behavior towards Dr. Lowenstein?
(a) He is profane and defensive.
(b) He is candid and revealing.
(c) He is warm and receptive.
(d) He is flirtatious and charismatic.

3. Who does Dr. Lowenstein inform Tom that she has spoken with on the phone?
(a) Tolitha.
(b) Sallie.
(c) Luke.
(d) Lila.

4. Where does the narrative of Chapter Four take place?
(a) On the island as Lila lays in labor.
(b) In New York City as Savannah prepares for another performance.
(c) In Europe where Henry is a pilot stationed in Europe.
(d) In Germany where Henry's plane has been shot down.

5. Which of the following types of imagery dominates the Prologue?
(a) Fish, flora, and sunsets.
(b) Farms and countrysides.
(c) City streets and tall buildings.
(d) Flowers, landscapes, and horizons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dr. Lowenstein's reaction to Tom telling the story about Todd Newbury?

2. Tom's mother often made up stories about _____________.

3. Why does Tom tell Dr. Lowenstein the story of his mother's quest to win the Colleton League cookbook contest?

4. What does Tom see as the character flaw in Tolitha?

5. How does the principal feel about Tom beating up Todd?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Tom turn the tables on Bernard?

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

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

7. How has coaching Bernard helped Tom?

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

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

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

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