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

2. Who is Sarah Jenkins?
(a) An eighty-five-year-old black midwife.
(b) A neighbor of the Wingos'.
(c) One of Grandfather Amos' servants.
(d) Lila Wingo's sister-in-law.

3. What does Tom's wife blurt out to elicit an emotional response from Tom as they walk along the beach in Chapter One?
(a) She chastises Tom for being a horrible provider.
(b) She confesses she is having an affair.
(c) She tells Tom that she never loved him.
(d) She begs Tom to spend more time with the children.

4. What does Tom recall that his father did not allow?
(a) He did not permit socializing with other races.
(b) He did not permit crimes against nature.
(c) He did not permit disrepect.
(d) He did not permit failure at school.

5. What is the name of Tom's sister?
(a) Susan.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Rose.
(d) Lila.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tom characterize himself in relation to the other Wingo children?

2. What is the initial topic of Tom's heated discussion with Dr. Lowenstein?

3. Tom is determined to discover ____________.

4. Which of the following events does NOT transpire when Tom visits Savannah's apartment?

5. What does Tom leave in the Newbury house while they are out of town?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tom feel Grandma Tolitha returns to Grandpa Wingo?

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

4. How would you describe Lila Wingo?

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

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

7. Why does Henry covert to Catholicism?

8. What does Luke pray for before his father leaves for Korea?

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

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

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