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

2. What does the minister give Mr. Carver when he arrives at the church?
(a) A letter from his sisters cancelling the wedding.
(b) The marriage license.
(c) A letter from Mrs. Stockwell saying goodbye.
(d) A wedding gift.

3. Where do Phillip's sisters live after their father dies?
(a) In their father's house.
(b) They move to Paris.
(c) They move back to Nashville.
(d) They move back to their own homes.

4. How is George Carver regarded by the townspeople?
(a) He is born under a bad sign.
(b) He is raised without manners.
(c) He is born under a lucky star.
(d) He is a spoiled brat.

5. How does Phillips find he identifies with his father one evening?
(a) They are both lonely in their surroundings.
(b) They are both tired of Betsy and Josephine's meddling.
(c) They are both growing old.
(d) They are both unmarried.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Father say to Betsy and Josephine inside the house?

2. What is Georgie doing during the Saturday outings?

3. How does Holly react to Phillip's gift?

4. Where do Alex, Phillip and Mr. Carver go after leaving the church?

5. What does Phillip come to realize his father has yearned for all of his life?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, Phillip gives us a glimpse of Holly's life. How do we learn about Holly and how she fits into her family?

2. In Chapter 9, Phillip visits Holly in her apartment in the hopes of a reconciliation. What do the two of them talk about for the first time openly and honestly? What has happened in Holly's life during their separation?

3. In Chapter 11, Phillip allows Alex's car to remain in the driveway which blocks his father's car from exiting. What debate might be waging in his mind while he delays his father's departure?

4. In Chapter 8, Alex, Phillip and Father pull up to the house from the church. What is happening as they arrive? Why?

5. In Chapter 10, Phillip comes to a realization about his father and the move to Memphis. What does he decide regarding his father's move with the family to a new city to begin again?

6. In Chapter 11, Phillip puts together the story of his family's intrusion into his father's love affair with Clara Price. What does he realize, and how?

7. In Chapter 10, how does Lewis Shackleford see his friend, George Carver? What traits does he admire in his friend?

8. During the drive from the church to Mr. Carver's home in Chapter 8, Phillip begins thinking of what his father might do next. What things does he think are possible? Why does he believe his father might do any of them?

9. When Alex arrives in Memphis in Chapter 7, he sees his father waving to him from the runway. Describe Father's behavior upon seeing Phillip. What is happening that day? How does his father appear to Phillip?

10. In Chapter 9, both Phillip and Holly begin to understand their fathers and see them as people. Holly encourages them both to go beyond forgiveness and forgetting and aspire to true understanding. How does Phillip remember his father's life growing up?

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