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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason are the daughters considered the "laughing stock of the town"?
(a) Their business.
(b) Their father.
(c) Their inappropriate attire.
(d) Their names.

2. Where do Mr. Carver and his grown daughters have supper on Sunday nights?
(a) A local steakhouse.
(b) The country club.
(c) The local tavern.
(d) The Tennessee Club.

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

4. What did Holly imagine she would do when she leaves Cleveland and moves to New York fifteen years before?
(a) Become a tenured professor at NYU.
(b) Get an advanced degree in English.
(c) Write a best selling novel.
(d) Have a high powered literary career.

5. What does Phillip come to realize his father has yearned for all of his life?
(a) Individuality and otherness.
(b) Freedom and independence.
(c) Wealth and acclaim.
(d) Control and power over others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname do the women in town have for George Carver?

2. Where does Alex teach?

3. What subject does Alex teach?

4. How do the people in his family and of the town treat Mr. Carver when he is young?

5. How do Betsy and Josephine refer to the women Mr. Carver begins dating after he dates older women?

(see the answer key)

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