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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Alex turn to for advice when he is ready to make his career plans?
(a) His guidance counselor.
(b) Phillip Carver.
(c) Mr. Carver.
(d) His father.

2. Who is Howard's father?
(a) Lewis Shackleford.
(b) Joe Carver
(c) Alex Mercer.
(d) Georgie Manning.

3. What happens in town when George Carver is born?
(a) Firecrackers are set off.
(b) Church bells ring and guns are fired.
(c) Firestation sirens are rung.
(d) Police cars sound their sirens.

4. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Carver, Georgie and Phillip are in St. Louis on business?
(a) Mr. Shackleford is accused of mortgaging company landholdings.
(b) Mr. Shackleford loses an envelope containing half a million dollars cash.
(c) Mr. Shackleford robs a savings and loan.
(d) Mr. Shackleford disappears with the company assets.

5. What does Phillip realize on his trip home to Memphis?
(a) It is time to confront his father about the move to Memphis.
(b) It is time to forget his father's wrongdoings.
(c) It is time to forgive his family for being so strange.
(d) It is time to confront his sisters about their nighttime behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of Mr. Carver's earliest remembered adventures?

2. Where does Georgie work before joining the army?

3. Georgie is often mistaken for a native of what city?

4. What does Phillip ask Clara in order to strike up a conversation?

5. In what year does the relationship between Clara and Phillip end?

(see the answer key)

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