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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While in high school, what does Phillip begin collecting?
(a) Comics and action heros.
(b) Baseball and football trading cards.
(c) Rare books and first editions.
(d) LP's and 45's.

2. What tone infects Betsy's written description of the people with whom her father is night clubbing?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Condescention.
(d) Anger.

3. Where do Holly and Phillip live?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Newark.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Manhattan.

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

5. What does Mr. Carver say to Alex and Phillip after speaking with the minister?
(a) "I want to get home and see what the girls have prepared for me."
(b) "I want to get to the airport and see Mrs. Stockwell off."
(c) "I want to stop at the Red Lantern on the way home."
(d) "I want to move to Manhattan with you, Phillip."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holly encourage Phillip to focus on in his family?

2. How are Betsy and Josephine dressed when Phillip and Father walk into the house?

3. Where is Father's family home?

4. How does Phillip begin his description of Mr. Carver and Mr. Shackleford?

5. According to Phillip, how many children do Alex and his wife have?

(see the answer key)

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