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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the family see Lewis Shackleford?
(a) At a gas station.
(b) Walking out of the restaurant.
(c) Walking toward the Carver family in the restaurant.
(d) Driving back to Nashville.

3. What is Georgie doing during the Saturday outings?
(a) Sitting by himself.
(b) Talking to his father and Mr. Shackleford.
(c) Playing with children his own age.
(d) Playing with Phillip.

4. What is Alex's plan for Phillip as the two men drive to the airport?
(a) Phillip should move to Memphis and donate his rare book collection to the college.
(b) Phillip should move to Memphis and live in the house with his father.
(c) Phillip should take his father away from his sisters and bring him to New York.
(d) Phillip should marry Holly Kaplan and leave Manhattan.

5. How does Phillip feel about his father before the man dies the following spring?
(a) They can never forget the past.
(b) They have nothing in common.
(c) His father really is an ogre.
(d) They are able to talk of things they could not when face-to-face.

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

7. What is happening at Mr. Carver's home?
(a) Betsy and Josephine are moving their father's things out of the house.
(b) Maud and Horace are moving out.
(c) Betsy and Josephine are moving into Mr. Carver's home.
(d) The movers are delivering furniture Father had recently purchased.

8. What does Phillip know about Alex Mercer after Mr. Carver dies?
(a) Alex is dealing with his two aging parents.
(b) Alex and his family moved to Nashville.
(c) Nothing; the two have not been in contact.
(d) Alex lives in Memphis and is chair of the department.

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

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

11. When does Holly's father die?
(a) The winter before Phillip's father.
(b) He does not die.
(c) The year before Phillp's father.
(d) A year after Phillip's father.

12. What does Phillip realize about his father moving the family to Memphis?
(a) His father moved there for spite.
(b) His father did not take into account the psyches of his wife and children.
(c) His father did not ask everyone if they wanted to move.
(d) His father behaved selfishly for no reason.

13. What did Holly imagine she would do when she leaves Cleveland and moves to New York fifteen years before?
(a) Get an advanced degree in English.
(b) Have a high powered literary career.
(c) Become a tenured professor at NYU.
(d) Write a best selling novel.

14. How does Mr. Carver react to the news Betsy brought?
(a) He says, "You are all driving me crazy."
(b) He says, "I couldn't care less."
(c) He says, "Well, Phillip, please leave now."
(d) He says, "I don't believe it!" belligerently.

15. How does Phillip react when Betsy and Josephine say they will return to their real estate business?
(a) He wants them to and tells them so.
(b) He encourages them to stay at home.
(c) He knows it is not true.
(d) He tells them they should move into their own homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Mr. Carver and Mr. Shackleford greet each other in the restaurant?

2. How does Phillips find he identifies with his father one evening?

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

4. Where does Phillip travel to meet his family for a weekend get together?

5. What kind of car does Mr. Carver drive?

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