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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Betsy and Josephine refer to the women Mr. Carver begins dating after he dates older women?
(a) "Youngish women."
(b) "Gold diggers."
(c) "Opportunists."
(d) "Floozies."

2. How do the people in his family and of the town treat Mr. Carver when he is young?
(a) As one of them.
(b) As a bully.
(c) Like a middle child.
(d) Like a little prince.

3. What did the two families often do together on Saturdays?
(a) Picnic in the city park.
(b) Swim at the Franklin public pool.
(c) Fox hunt at the nearby forest.
(d) Ride horses on the Shackleford land.

4. What is the name of Phillip's first serious girlfriend?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Clara.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Evelyn.

5. In Chapter 8, what is one thing Phillip imagines his father will do next?
(a) Lock himself in his room.
(b) Wait three months for Mrs. Stockwell to return.
(c) Begin drinking heavily.
(d) Take a safari to Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Howard's father?

2. What is the name of Phillip's school in Nashville?

3. Why do Betsy and Wyant stay behind in Huntington?

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

5. Within a few weeks of meeting Clara, where does Phillip begin spending his Saturday nights?

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