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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Mr. Carver have for Phillip?
(a) He has lost his desire to marry anyone.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He has earned a great deal of money on an oil well.
(d) He has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

2. What is the name of the street on which the family first lives in Memphis?
(a) Stonewall Place.
(b) Shackleford Way.
(c) Huxley Ave.
(d) Thornton Drive.

3. Why do Betsy and Wyant stay behind in Huntington?
(a) To visit with friends.
(b) To elope.
(c) To get gas for the car.
(d) To eat dinner and see a movie.

4. Who is Howard's father?
(a) Georgie Manning.
(b) Lewis Shackleford.
(c) Alex Mercer.
(d) Joe Carver

5. What does Phillip realize on his trip home to Memphis?
(a) It is time to confront his sisters about their nighttime behavior.
(b) It is time to forget his father's wrongdoings.
(c) It is time to confront his father about the move to Memphis.
(d) It is time to forgive his family for being so strange.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What quality in himself does Alex say he likes least?

3. What people are responsible for helping Phillip leave Memphis to move to New York?

4. What thing does Philip remember most clearly about the moves in his life?

5. Many dinner conversations between Mr. Carver, Betsy and Josephine revolved around what topic?

(see the answer key)

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