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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Phillip believe his sister Betsy is going to the bars with while watching her father?
(a) No one.
(b) Howard.
(c) A friend from work.
(d) Her new fiance.

2. What is the name of the area in which Betsy and Josephine live?
(a) Central Gardens District.
(b) Center City.
(c) Franklintown.
(d) Greater Memphis.

3. What does Phillip come to realize his father has yearned for all of his life?
(a) Freedom and independence.
(b) Wealth and acclaim.
(c) Individuality and otherness.
(d) Control and power over others.

4. What tone infects Betsy's written description of the people with whom her father is night clubbing?
(a) Condescention.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Anger.

5. Once back in their routines together, Alex and Holly find themselves talking about what subject?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Having a baby.
(c) Caring for their parents but not wanting to see them.
(d) Going to Memphis to see Alex's family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in town when George Carver is born?

2. Who is Howard's father?

3. How does Phillip react to his sister's descriptions of their dates and their love affairs?

4. What expression do Betsy and Josephine use repeatedly to describe their father's dancing?

5. What did Holly imagine she would do when she leaves Cleveland and moves to New York fifteen years before?

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