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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long after the move to Memphis do Betsy and her beau break off their relationship?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) A year.
(c) A few days.
(d) Six months.

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

3. What adventures do Betsy and Josephine write and tell Phillip about concerning their father?
(a) Dating older women.
(b) Dancing with young women in bars.
(c) Golf outings with older women.
(d) Fishing trips with friends.

4. Who is Josephine's serious suitor in Memphis?
(a) Joel Manning.
(b) Samuel Delta.
(c) Alex Dawson.
(d) Clarkson Manning.

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

6. In what car does Betsy ride during the family's move to Memphis?
(a) Wyant Brawley's car.
(b) The family car.
(c) Georgie's car.
(d) The moving van.

7. What sports do the girls take up in Memphis?
(a) Golf and racketball.
(b) Soccer and tennis.
(c) Golf and tennis.
(d) Racketball and tennis.

8. Who does Phillip believe his sister Betsy is going to the bars with while watching her father?
(a) A friend from work.
(b) Her new fiance.
(c) No one.
(d) Howard.

9. Where do Mr. Carver and his grown daughters have supper on Sunday nights?
(a) The local tavern.
(b) The country club.
(c) A local steakhouse.
(d) The Tennessee Club.

10. What people are responsible for helping Phillip leave Memphis to move to New York?
(a) Betsy and Josephine.
(b) Lewis Shackleford and his wife.
(c) Holly Kaplan and Alex Mercer.
(d) Alex and his wife.

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

12. What are Alex's first words to Phillip?
(a) "Do you have any sisters?"
(b) "How old are you, Phil?"
(c) "Where did you come from, Phillip?"
(d) "Do you smoke cigarettes?"

13. According to Phillip, how many children do Alex and his wife have?
(a) Three or four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five or six.
(d) Seven.

14. How does Alex's father define the best human being?
(a) The oldest person.
(b) The one who adjusts best to his circumstances.
(c) The person who has earned the most money.
(d) The most intellectual person.

15. What nickname do the women in town have for George Carver?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Mr. Bonaparte.
(c) Mr. Jones.
(d) Napoleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic do Phillip and Holly argue about most often?

2. What gift does Phillip give to Clara a week before her birthday?

3. What does Mr. Carver carry into the bars to help him with his neuropathy?

4. What does Phillip ask Clara in order to strike up a conversation?

5. What grade does Phillip enter at his new school in Memphis?

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