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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Father say to Betsy and Josephine inside the house?
(a) "Please leave me alone."
(b) "What are we having for lunch?"
(c) "Why are you moving into my house?"
(d) "Welcome home, girls."

2. What honor is bestowed upon George Carver upon graduating from Thornton Academy?
(a) He is a National Merit Finalist.
(b) He is class valedictorian for graduation.
(c) He is class salutorian for graduation.
(d) He is awarded Suma Cum Laude.

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

4. What does Phillip realize about Holly?
(a) She does not like receiving gifts.
(b) She must have had a serious lover just as he did long ago.
(c) She probably wants to have children.
(d) She works very hard at her job.

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

6. When the Carvers return to Nashville, and the story comes out in the press, what does Mr. Carver say to his family?
(a) He wants to shoot Shackleford.
(b) He never should have moved from Thornton.
(c) He never wants to hear the name Lewis Shackleford spoken again.
(d) He never wants to go into business with anyone again.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in town when George Carver is born?

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

3. Where does Mr. Carver always buy his hats?

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

5. Where does the family see Lewis Shackleford?

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