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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Betsy and Josephine tell Phillip about their father's dress and appearance at these clubs?
(a) He still dresses with care and elegance.
(b) He forgets to tuck his shirt in sometimes.
(c) He has become sloppy in his appearance.
(d) He is no longer concerned with his looks.

2. What people are responsible for helping Phillip leave Memphis to move to New York?
(a) Holly Kaplan and Alex Mercer.
(b) Lewis Shackleford and his wife.
(c) Betsy and Josephine.
(d) Alex and his wife.

3. What is Alex's wife's name?
(a) Susan.
(b) Betty.
(c) Jane.
(d) Frances.

4. According to Josephine, why does she not go out onto the dance floor and help her father who is obviously in pain?
(a) She wants him to suffer.
(b) She does not want to leave her date.
(c) She does not want to humiliate and outrage him.
(d) She does not want Betsy to become angry with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Alex teach?

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

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

4. What dance do Betsy and Josephine try and convince the bands to play?

5. What other places does Mr. Carver frequent?

(see the answer key)

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