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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Betsy and Josephine tell Phillip in Chapter 8?
(a) His bed is ready in Father's study.
(b) He may sleep in his old room at the top of the stairs.
(c) He can use the room in the cabana out back.
(d) He will have to sleep on the sofa in the living room.

2. How do the people in his family and of the town treat Mr. Carver when he is young?
(a) Like a middle child.
(b) Like a little prince.
(c) As one of them.
(d) As a bully.

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

4. What do Alex and Holly talk about when he goes to see her at her apartment?
(a) How to move Holly's things back into their apartment.
(b) Their families and the death of Holly's mother.
(c) Where they would like their next apartment to be.
(d) Who she has been dating since moving out.

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

6. Where do Holly and Phillip acquire much of their furnishings?
(a) The alley behind their apartment.
(b) The neighbors' cast offs.
(c) Their parents.
(d) Old estate sales and junk stores.

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

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

9. Who does Phillip see on the other side of the restaurant?
(a) Wyant Brawley, his wife and their children.
(b) Clarkson Manning, his wife and their children.
(c) Clara Stockwell and her husband.
(d) Clara Price, her husband and children.

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

11. What happens in town when George Carver is born?
(a) Firecrackers are set off.
(b) Church bells ring and guns are fired.
(c) Firestation sirens are rung.
(d) Police cars sound their sirens.

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

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

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

15. Once back in their routines together, Alex and Holly find themselves talking about what subject?
(a) Caring for their parents but not wanting to see them.
(b) Having a baby.
(c) Going to Memphis to see Alex's family.
(d) Getting married.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Holly encourage Phillip to focus on in his family?

2. What is Mr. Carver doing in the car in Chapter 8?

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

4. In Chapter 8, what is one thing Phillip imagines his father will do next?

5. What is Georgie doing during the Saturday outings?

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