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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does George Carver move to Memphis?
(a) To have a better social life.
(b) To meet new people
(c) To start a new life after the problems in Nashville.
(d) To join an old friend

2. Who is the first person Phillip meets at his new school?
(a) Thomas Gunn.
(b) John Shackleford.
(c) George Carver.
(d) Alex Mercer.

3. Wyant Brawley was a graduate of what college?
(a) Vanderbilt.
(b) University of Tennessee.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

4. What is George Carver wearing on the first day he and Alex meet?
(a) A morning suit.
(b) A grey woolen suit.
(c) A seer sucker suit.
(d) A pinstripe suit.

5. Who does Alex turn to for advice when he is ready to make his career plans?
(a) Mr. Carver.
(b) His father.
(c) His guidance counselor.
(d) Phillip Carver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is described as a "land oriented" city?

2. What does Josephine give Phillip on the day he leaves?

3. What was the last name of Phillip's girlfriend in Chattanooga?

4. What is Mother's reaction to Phillip's declaration that moving to Memphis has ruined his life?

5. While in high school, what does Phillip begin collecting?

Short Essay Questions

1. As Mr. Carver continues to date and socialize, the two daughters appear to keep very close tabs on him. How does Phillip react to this? What is he able to see about his Father's situation based on the regular correspondence from Josephine and Betsy?

2. During a conversation with his mother in Chapter 2, Phillip begins to explain how the move to Memphis has ruined his life. His mother laughs at him. How does this affect Phillip and why? How does he compare his mother before and after Memphis?

3. In Chapter 5, Phillip reminisces on his failed engagement. What happens between Phillip and Clara Price? Compare his experience with that of his sisters.

4. In Chapter 5, Phillip leaves his father's home and moves to New York City. How does he manage this? Why does he choose New York? How does his family react?

5. In Chapter 5, Phillip tells the story of the pendant. What is the significance of four leaf clovers in the love affair between Clara and Phillip?

6. In Chapter 3, Phillip paints a picture of his parents and his two sisters living in Memphis and their conversations about dating and the men they are both seeing. How does this appear to him when he is home visiting? How do Betsy and Josephine behave in front of their parents? What is the topic of conversation much of the time Phillip is visiting? How do the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Carver respond to their middle-aged daughters' banter?

7. In his letters to Phillip, Alex talks about Betsy and Josephine's involvement in the social scene in Memphis. In Chapter 3, Alex explains that the two women are rather considered a social institution in Memphis. But Alex also speaks at length about how the two women are the "laughing stock of the town." What does Alex mean by this? How does Phillip react to seeing his sisters when he visits?

8. Phillip paints a descriptive picture of his two sisters, Betsy and Josephine, in Chapter 1. How are the two sisters similar? How do they differ?

9. In Chapter 3, Phillip describes how Betsy and Josephine settle into their lives in Memphis after their failed engagements. He speaks with some pride about their accomplishments. What are those accomplishments? What type of life have Betsy and Josephine made for themselves in Memphis?

10. In Chapter 4, Alex also meets Mr. Carver. Where do the two meet, and what brings them together? How does their relationship grow during the course of the chapter?

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