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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. Who is Mrs. Clara Stockwell?
(a) George's great aunt.
(b) Phillip's cousin.
(c) Betsy's married sister.
(d) George Carver's fiance.

2. Where does Georgie work before joining the army?
(a) His father's law firm.
(b) The state senate.
(c) A local hardware chain.
(d) The Small Business Association.

3. Where do Mr. Carver and his grown daughters have supper on Sunday nights?
(a) The local tavern.
(b) The country club.
(c) A local steakhouse.
(d) The Tennessee Club.

4. What is the name of Phillip's school in Nashville?
(a) Robertson's Academy.
(b) Exeter Academy.
(c) Seaton-Hall Academy.
(d) Richardson's Academy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Carver carry into the bars to help him with his neuropathy?

2. Who does Phillip believe his sister Betsy is going to the bars with while watching her father?

3. What is the consequence for Mr. Carver's mistake that night which is witnessed by Betsy and Joesphine?

4. When does Phillip's brother die?

5. What do Betsy and Josephine do to embarrass their father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Phillip is in New York in Chapter 3 and receiving letters from Alex, Betsy and Josephine about Mr. Carver. How does Phillip react to his father's dating? How does he respond to his sisters' treatment of Mr. Carver both in public and private? Why does he take the position he does? How does he respond to Alex's concerns?

3. In Chapter 6, Phillip describes many of the differences between himself and Alex as adult men. He then notes the differences. What is the primary difference between Alex and Phillip as Phillip sees it?

4. In Chapter 6, Betsy describes one evening at the Blue Moon when Mr. Carver arrives with a group of six people all of whom are much younger than he. What happens that evening to Mr. Carver?

5. In Chapter 3, Phillip talks at length about what his sisters have done for both himself and his brother, Georgie. What have they done for their brothers to help them in their lives? What have they potentially sacrificed by helping their brothers in this way? How do the two women continue to take care of their father after the boys leave home?

6. Alex Mercer is Phillip's closest friend in Memphis and he corresponds regularly with Phillip in Manhattan concerning Mr. Carver. In Chapter 3, Phillip discusses Alex's position and concerns about Mr. Carver's new status as a widower and subsequent dating. What are these concerns? Why does Alex worry so much about how Betsy and Josephine will react to their father's dating some of the women in town? How does he look upon the middle aged daughters of his friend and their behavior about town concerning their father?

7. In Chapter 5, Phillip's narrative presents many examples of Alex's ability to befriend both Mr Carver and Phillip Carver. What are the examples Phillip gives?

8. 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?

9. 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?

10. In Chapter 5, Phillip describes his summer at Fort Oglethorpe. What was this summer like for him? Why has he chosen this summer in particular to describe in detail?

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