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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Phillip allow Alex to park his car?
(a) Around the back of the house.
(b) Blocking the exit for Mr. Carver's car to leave.
(c) At the side door of the house.
(d) In front of the garage.

2. What does Phillip give Holly upon his return from Memphis?
(a) The clover pendant.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A diamond bracelet.
(d) A new coat.

3. What does Phillip know about Alex Mercer after Mr. Carver dies?
(a) Alex lives in Memphis and is chair of the department.
(b) Alex and his family moved to Nashville.
(c) Alex is dealing with his two aging parents.
(d) Nothing; the two have not been in contact.

4. How does Phillip describe himself and Holly?
(a) "Lucky."
(b) "Old bags."
(c) "Free spirits."
(d) "Stubborn."

5. How do the people in his family and of the town treat Mr. Carver when he is young?
(a) Like a middle child.
(b) As a bully.
(c) Like a little prince.
(d) As one of them.

6. In Chapter 8, what is one thing Phillip imagines his father will do next?
(a) Take a safari to Africa.
(b) Begin drinking heavily.
(c) Lock himself in his room.
(d) Wait three months for Mrs. Stockwell to return.

7. How does Mr. Carver react to the news Betsy brought?
(a) He says, "You are all driving me crazy."
(b) He says, "Well, Phillip, please leave now."
(c) He says, "I couldn't care less."
(d) He says, "I don't believe it!" belligerently.

8. How does Phillip react to his sisters when inside the house?
(a) He changes his clothes for dinner.
(b) He hugs them both and thanks them.
(c) He immediately made a plane reservation to leave that evening.
(d) He makes a reservation to take a train home the following morning.

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

10. What is Mr. Carver doing in the car in Chapter 8?
(a) Crying.
(b) Screaming in anger.
(c) Talking to Phillip and Alex.
(d) Working out something in his head.

11. What does Mr. Carver say to Alex and Phillip after speaking with the minister?
(a) "I want to get to the airport and see Mrs. Stockwell off."
(b) "I want to move to Manhattan with you, Phillip."
(c) "I want to get home and see what the girls have prepared for me."
(d) "I want to stop at the Red Lantern on the way home."

12. How does Lewis Shackleford view Mr. Carver?
(a) As a heel and a clod.
(b) As a clever and funny man.
(c) As a shrewd businessman.
(d) As a country gentleman with agrarian traditions.

13. Six weeks after the weekend visit, why do Phillip's sisters call?
(a) Father has decided to marry Mrs. Stockwell again
(b) Father is dying in the hospital.
(c) Father has decided to visit Mr. Shacklefore in Nashville for six weeks.
(d) Father is writing a new will.

14. Where was Mr. Carver born?
(a) In the hospital in Nashville.
(b) On the Town Farm in Thornton.
(c) In the emergency room in Memphis.
(d) In his uncle's house in Thornton.

15. What does Phillip imagine could interfere next with the peace and quiet of their lives after the death of their fathers?
(a) Holly's siblings.
(b) His sisters.
(c) Clara Price.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What news does Betsy bring to Father as he is waiting to leave for Nashville?

3. How are Betsy and Josephine dressed when Phillip and Father walk into the house?

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

5. What does Phillip realize about his sisters while at the restaurant?

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