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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phillip do two days after returning to New York?
(a) He writes a letter to his father about his sisters.
(b) He calls Alex and says he cannot come to Memphis.
(c) He asks Holly to travel to Europe with him.
(d) He begins a series of weekly phone calls with his father.

2. According to Josephine, why does she not go out onto the dance floor and help her father who is obviously in pain?
(a) She does not want Betsy to become angry with her.
(b) She does not want to leave her date.
(c) She wants him to suffer.
(d) She does not want to humiliate and outrage him.

3. Where does Alex teach?
(a) Vanderbilt
(b) Memphis State University
(c) University of Tennessee in Nashville.
(d) University of Tennessee in Knowville.

4. What was the last name of Phillip's girlfriend in Chattanooga?
(a) Stockwell.
(b) Price.
(c) Mercer.
(d) Shackleford.

5. How does Phillip get to school when he is a child in Nashville?
(a) He rides his bike.
(b) He rides his pony, Red.
(c) He walks with his mother.
(d) He takes the school bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Father think Betsy and Wyant have disappeared from the caravan to Memphis?

2. Father and Mother met in what city?

3. What is Mr. Carver wearing when he arrives at Alex Mercer's home the first time?

4. What did the two families often do together on Saturdays?

5. What concern does Alex have about George's dating?

(see the answer key)

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