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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phillip realize about his sisters while at the restaurant?
(a) They meddled in his love affair long ago.
(b) They were both engaged to be married.
(c) They had asked Phillip to come for no reason
(d) They were intentionally poisoning Father.

3. Where does Phillip allow Alex to park his car?
(a) Blocking the exit for Mr. Carver's car to leave.
(b) At the side door of the house.
(c) Around the back of the house.
(d) In front of the garage.

4. How is George Carver regarded by the townspeople?
(a) He is a spoiled brat.
(b) He is born under a lucky star.
(c) He is born under a bad sign.
(d) He is raised without manners.

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

6. What news does Betsy bring to Father as he is waiting to leave for Nashville?
(a) Lewis Shackleford called and cancelled the plans.
(b) Lewis Shackleford died in his sleep the night before.
(c) Josephine is engaged to be married.
(d) The stock market has just crashed.

7. How does Lewis Shackleford view Mr. Carver?
(a) As a shrewd businessman.
(b) As a country gentleman with agrarian traditions.
(c) As a clever and funny man.
(d) As a heel and a clod.

8. In Chapter 8, what is one thing Phillip imagines his father will do next?
(a) Begin drinking heavily.
(b) Take a safari to Africa.
(c) Lock himself in his room.
(d) Wait three months for Mrs. Stockwell to return.

9. What do Holly and Phillip decide to do with their inheritances?
(a) Buy new furniture.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Travel.
(d) Buy a larger apartment.

10. How does Holly react to Phillip's gift?
(a) Loves it and puts it on right away.
(b) She has seen it among his things before.
(c) Asks him to return it and get his money back.
(d) She would never wear it.

11. How does Phillip react to his sisters when inside the house?
(a) He changes his clothes for dinner.
(b) He hugs them both and thanks them.
(c) He immediately made a plane reservation to leave that evening.
(d) He makes a reservation to take a train home the following morning.

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

13. How does Mr. Carver react to Phillip's arrival?
(a) He is frustrated because Phillip did not call ahead of time.
(b) He is relieved the plane did not crash.
(c) He is happy but confused.
(d) He is elated and asks Phillip to be his best man.

14. What does Josephine whisper to Phillip on his way out of his father's house?
(a) The sisters were going to find a new house for their father.
(b) The two women were retiring from their business.
(c) The sisters were going to open a family business with Father.
(d) The sisters were going to put Father in a retirement home.

15. Why do the Carvers move from Thornton to Nashville?
(a) So Phillip would have a good education.
(b) So Georgie would meet new friends.
(c) So Mr. Carver could work exclusively for Lewis Shackleford.
(d) So the girls could be part of Nashville society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phillip realize about his father moving the family to Memphis?

2. What do Alex, Phillip and his father see as they pull into the driveway of the house?

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

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

5. What does Phillip imagine could interfere next with the peace and quiet of their lives after the death of their fathers?

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