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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. What does Mr. Carver carry into the bars to help him with his neuropathy?
(a) His hearing aids.
(b) His light up watch.
(c) His crook cane.
(d) His dark glasses.

2. What subject does Alex teach?
(a) Math.
(b) History.
(c) English.
(d) French.

3. Who is Howard's father?
(a) Alex Mercer.
(b) Georgie Manning.
(c) Lewis Shackleford.
(d) Joe Carver

4. What does Phillip ask his mother to give him from her dressing table?
(a) A gold pendant in the shape of a four leaf clover.
(b) A pearl necklace.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A pair of diamond earrings.

5. What does Mr. Carver represent to Alex?
(a) Practicality.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Intellectualism.
(d) Sophistication.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what car does Betsy ride during the family's move to Memphis?

2. Where does Alex first meet Mr. Carver?

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

4. Where does Alex teach?

5. In what year does the relationship between Clara and Phillip end?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Phillip recalls a conversation between his mother and a friend of hers from Nashville. In their conversation, the woman declares "you, my dear Minta, will love Memphis." Does Phillip's mother love Memphis? How does she adjust to her new home?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. Alex witnesses Betsy and Josephine relating stories about Mr. Carver in Chapter 6. How does Phillip describe Alex's reaction to the sisters' behavior in public?

8. At the end of Chapter 1, Phillip gives a detailed explanation of how the family's move to Memphis affected every member of the family. Who appears to have handled the transition the best? For whom was it the hardest? Discuss the impact on each of the four children and Mr. and Mrs. Carver.

9. In Chapter 2, Phillip gives a detailed account of the traveling party on their way from Nashville to Memphis. Who went to Memphis that day? How many cars were in the caravan? Who did Betsy drive with to Memphis and why? What people outside of the immediate family moved to Memphis? Why did Father arrange for everyone in the caravan to move together?

10. Betsy and Josephine always speak to Mr. Carver and Philip about their late-night dates and whether or not they should marry. In Chapter 6, Phillip knows that this is a game the two sisters play. Are there romances for these two women? Who does Phillip realize these phantom men are?

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