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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Phillip imagine could interfere next with the peace and quiet of their lives after the death of their fathers?
(a) Holly's siblings.
(b) Clara Price.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His sisters.

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

3. Where do Phillip's sisters live after their father dies?
(a) They move back to Nashville.
(b) In their father's house.
(c) They move to Paris.
(d) They move back to their own homes.

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

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

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

7. What did the two families often do together on Saturdays?
(a) Ride horses on the Shackleford land.
(b) Fox hunt at the nearby forest.
(c) Swim at the Franklin public pool.
(d) Picnic in the city park.

8. Where does Phillip travel to meet his family for a weekend get together?
(a) The family house in Memphis.
(b) Thornton.
(c) The old house in Nashville.
(d) Owl Mountain Inn.

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

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

11. 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 tells them they should move into their own homes.
(c) He knows it is not true.
(d) He encourages them to stay at home.

12. What do Alex, Phillip and his father see as they pull into the driveway of the house?
(a) A new car in the driveway.
(b) A moving van.
(c) Newspaper reporters.
(d) An ambulance.

13. What does Phillip realize on his trip home to Memphis?
(a) It is time to forget his father's wrongdoings.
(b) It is time to confront his sisters about their nighttime behavior.
(c) It is time to forgive his family for being so strange.
(d) It is time to confront his father about the move to Memphis.

14. 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 raised without manners.
(d) He is born under a bad sign.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Holly's father die?

2. What is the name of the book Lewis Shackleford gives to George Carver?

3. How does Phillip feel about his father before the man dies the following spring?

4. What do Betsy and Josephine tell Phillip in Chapter 8?

5. Where do Alex, Phillip and Mr. Carver go after leaving the church?

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