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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alex regularly urge Phillip to do?
(a) Travel to Europe.
(b) Study law.
(c) Start his own business.
(d) Return to Memphis and teach.

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

3. What is the consequence for Mr. Carver's mistake that night which is witnessed by Betsy and Joesphine?
(a) Mr. Carver is arrested by the police.
(b) Mr. Carver is fined two hundred dollars.
(c) Mr. Carver is taken away in an ambulance.
(d) Mr. Carver is kicked out of the bar.

4. What does Mr. Carver carry into the bars to help him with his neuropathy?
(a) His light up watch.
(b) His dark glasses.
(c) His hearing aids.
(d) His crook cane.

5. What does Phillip do with his sisters' letters describing his father's nighttime activities?
(a) He throws them away.
(b) He keeps them for memories.
(c) He sends them to Alex.
(d) He returns them to his sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josephine whisper to Phillip on his way out of his father's house?

2. What tone infects Betsy's written description of the people with whom her father is night clubbing?

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

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

5. Why does Phillip believe his father goes to the same nightclubs as his daughters?

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