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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 hatches a plan to rescue "The Amberjack's" cargo?
(a) Luke.
(b) Henry.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Tom.

2. How does Luke rescue his family from the attack?
(a) He stabs them with a butcher knife.
(b) He unleashes Caesar the tiger.
(c) He grabs his father's shotgun.
(d) He calls his father for help.

3. Why do Tom and Savannah get in a fight near the end of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) Tom says the word "nigger."
(b) Tom steals her journal.
(c) Tom makes fun of Grandpa Wingo praying.
(d) Tom refuses to give a nickel to a man begging for change.

4. Where does Tom meet Sallie?
(a) At the student union.
(b) At the phone booth bank.
(c) In his psychology class.
(d) At the library.

5. Who arrives at Savannah's apartment the morning after the dinner party?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Reese Newbury.
(c) Lila.
(d) Herbert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is awarded all the belongings of the Wingo family?

2. Why does Lila insist that Tom remain silent about the past?

3. Which of the following characters attacks Lila Wingo?

4. Why doesn't Susan want to call the sheriff after the family is attacked in Chapter Twenty-Two?

5. What is the name of the poem Savannah reads at Luke's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Henry help "The Amberjack"?

2. What is significant about the new black student's ability to beat Tom in a race?

3. What does Tom suspect about Amos' Good Friday walk?

4. What is different, according to Susan, about the way Bernard interacts with Tom and his father?

5. What does Tom admit is even worse than the story of his family's attack?

6. Why does Tom find the map on Reese Newbury's wall disconcerting?

7. Why does Tom agree to help find Luke?

8. What might the appearance of Snow symbolize?

9. Why does Susan insist that Savannah wants to become the persona called Renata?

10. What plans do the Wingo children have after graduation?

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