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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Phillip sees his father for the weekend getaway, how does Mr. Carver look?
(a) He has lost his ability to walk without assistance.
(b) He is feeble and unhappy.
(c) He seems to have shrunken, his hair has thinned, and his sight is bad.
(d) He seems to be healthier and happier than ever.

2. What thing does Philip remember most clearly about the moves in his life?
(a) His father's hats.
(b) His sister's birds.
(c) His father's wardrobes.
(d) His mother's furniture.

3. How do the Shacklefords greet the Carvers when they arrive in Nashville?
(a) They welcome them and insist they spend the night.
(b) They are not home when the Carvers arrive.
(c) They say hello and send them to their new home.
(d) They are angry at being awakened in the middle of the night.

4. What is Mr. Carver doing in the car in Chapter 8?
(a) Crying.
(b) Working out something in his head.
(c) Talking to Phillip and Alex.
(d) Screaming in anger.

5. Where does Mr. Carver always buy his hats?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) St. Louis.
(d) Memphis.

6. Where was Mr. Carver born?
(a) In the hospital in Nashville.
(b) In his uncle's house in Thornton.
(c) On the Town Farm in Thornton.
(d) In the emergency room in Memphis.

7. How long after the move to Nashville does Lewis Shackleford betray Mr. Carver?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Two years.

8. Who does Phillip call to meet him at the airport?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Georgie.
(c) Howard.
(d) Alex.

9. How are Betsy and Josephine dressed when Phillip and Father walk into the house?
(a) Both are wearing jeans and a button down shirt.
(b) Both are in fancy dresses and jewelry.
(c) Both are in brand new, modest gingham housedresses.
(d) Both are in wild clothing.

10. How does Phillip begin his description of Mr. Carver and Mr. Shackleford?
(a) They are serious, not humorous or philosophizing.
(b) They are mature, and excellent dressers.
(c) They are ruthless, and not concerned with others.
(d) They are shy and retiring.

11. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Carver, Georgie and Phillip are in St. Louis on business?
(a) Mr. Shackleford disappears with the company assets.
(b) Mr. Shackleford robs a savings and loan.
(c) Mr. Shackleford loses an envelope containing half a million dollars cash.
(d) Mr. Shackleford is accused of mortgaging company landholdings.

12. What is Phillip certain of in Chapter 8?
(a) The minister talked Mrs. Stockwell out of the marriage.
(b) His sisters influenced Mrs. Stockwell not to marry Mr. Carver.
(c) His sisters hired someone to threaten Mrs. Stockwell.
(d) Alex had a part in the situation.

13. Six weeks after the weekend visit, why do Phillip's sisters call?
(a) Father has decided to marry Mrs. Stockwell again
(b) Father has decided to visit Mr. Shacklefore in Nashville for six weeks.
(c) Father is dying in the hospital.
(d) Father is writing a new will.

14. What does the minister give Mr. Carver when he arrives at the church?
(a) A letter from his sisters cancelling the wedding.
(b) A letter from Mrs. Stockwell saying goodbye.
(c) A wedding gift.
(d) The marriage license.

15. What is the name of the book Lewis Shackleford gives to George Carver?
(a) My Autobiography by Benito Mussolini.
(b) The Biography of Mussolini.
(c) My Autobiography by Abraham Lincoln.
(d) The Autobiography of Karl Marx.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people in his family and of the town treat Mr. Carver when he is young?

2. How does Mr. Carver react to Phillip's arrival?

3. What are some of Mr. Carver's earliest remembered adventures?

4. What news does Mr. Carver have for Phillip?

5. Where do Phillip's sisters live after their father dies?

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