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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Blue Moon?
(a) Downtown.
(b) Vieux Carre.
(c) Franklin.
(d) Old Town.

2. Who does Phillip believe his sister Betsy is going to the bars with while watching her father?
(a) No one.
(b) Howard.
(c) A friend from work.
(d) Her new fiance.

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

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

5. What do Alex and Holly talk about when he goes to see her at her apartment?
(a) Where they would like their next apartment to be.
(b) How to move Holly's things back into their apartment.
(c) Their families and the death of Holly's mother.
(d) Who she has been dating since moving out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adventures do Betsy and Josephine write and tell Phillip about concerning their father?

2. What expression do Betsy and Josephine use repeatedly to describe their father's dancing?

3. What mistake does Mr. Carver make one night while not wearing his glasses at the Red Lantern?

4. Where does Alex teach?

5. Where do Mr. Carver and his grown daughters have supper on Sunday nights?

(see the answer key)

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