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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Alex teach?
(a) Vanderbilt
(b) Memphis State University
(c) University of Tennessee in Knowville.
(d) University of Tennessee in Nashville.

2. What are some of Mr. Carver's earliest remembered adventures?
(a) Hunting and skeet shooting at the country hunting range.
(b) Swimming and hunting at Town Farm.
(c) Fishing and swimming ar Forked Deer Farm.
(d) Hunting and fishing at Forked Deer Farm.

3. What did Holly imagine she would do when she leaves Cleveland and moves to New York fifteen years before?
(a) Get an advanced degree in English.
(b) Write a best selling novel.
(c) Become a tenured professor at NYU.
(d) Have a high powered literary career.

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

5. What other places does Mr. Carver frequent?
(a) The Winsor Court and the Grand Hotel.
(b) The Garden Restaurant and The Key Club.
(c) The Blue Room and the Red Parrot.
(d) The Country Club and the University Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Alex teach?

2. What honor is bestowed upon George Carver upon graduating from Thornton Academy?

3. What is the name of the area in which Betsy and Josephine live?

4. What people are responsible for helping Phillip leave Memphis to move to New York?

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

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