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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What city is described as a "land oriented" city?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Nashville.
2. What is the name of Phillip's first serious girlfriend?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Clara.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Joyce.
3. What does Mr. Carver represent to Alex?
(a) Sophistication.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Practicality.
4. What tone infects Betsy's written description of the people with whom her father is night clubbing?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Condescention.
(d) Anger.
5. While in high school, what does Phillip begin collecting?
(a) Rare books and first editions.
(b) Comics and action heros.
(c) LP's and 45's.
(d) Baseball and football trading cards.
6. Where does Phillip first see Clara?
(a) On the army post.
(b) In the library.
(c) At the entrance to the park.
(d) At the top of Lookout Mountain.
7. What does Mr. Carver carry into the bars to help him with his neuropathy?
(a) His hearing aids.
(b) His crook cane.
(c) His light up watch.
(d) His dark glasses.
8. What is Mother's reaction to Phillip's declaration that moving to Memphis has ruined his life?
(a) She cries.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She lectures him.
(d) She screams at him.
9. Where is Phillip's mother born and raised?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Thornton.
10. Where does Alex first meet Mr. Carver?
(a) On the way to the library.
(b) At a soda fountain.
(c) On the school playground.
(d) In church.
11. When Phillip left his home in Memphis for New York, what is his plan?
(a) To leave unannounced and establish himself in the rare book business.
(b) To leave the south and head for California.
(c) To leave home and travel to South America to find Clara.
(d) To return to Nashville to live and work.
12. What does Phillip ask his mother to give him from her dressing table?
(a) A pearl necklace.
(b) A pair of diamond earrings.
(c) A gold pendant in the shape of a four leaf clover.
(d) A gold ring.
13. What quality in himself does Alex say he likes least?
(a) He is a cheater.
(b) He is an only child.
(c) He is plain Memphis.
(d) He is a poor student.
14. How old is Phillip when he first meets Clara?
(a) 23.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 45.
15. Within a few weeks of meeting Clara, where does Phillip begin spending his Saturday nights?
(a) At the library.
(b) At used book stores.
(c) At Clara's parents' house.
(d) At restaurants.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Georgie die?
2. How old is Phillip when the family moves to Memphis?
3. Why does George Carver move to Memphis?
4. What nickname do the women in town have for George Carver?
5. What does father do for work when arriving in Memphis?
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