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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. Many dinner conversations between Mr. Carver, Betsy and Josephine revolved around what topic?
(a) Betsy and Josephine's suitors.
(b) Business.
(c) Law.
(d) Real estate.

2. How old is Phillip when he first meets Clara?
(a) 20.
(b) 30.
(c) 45.
(d) 23.

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

4. According to Josephine, why does she not go out onto the dance floor and help her father who is obviously in pain?
(a) She does not want Betsy to become angry with her.
(b) She does not want to humiliate and outrage him.
(c) She wants him to suffer.
(d) She does not want to leave her date.

5. Where do Holly and Phillip live?
(a) Long Island.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Newark.
(d) Manhattan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Carver represent to Alex?

2. Where do Mr. Carver and his grown daughters have supper on Sunday nights?

3. What does Father state as his reason for not liking Wyant?

4. What nickname do the women in town have for George Carver?

5. What do Betsy and Josephine tell Phillip about their father's dress and appearance at these clubs?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, Phillip describes meeting Alex Mercer. How does Phillip meet Alex and how does their friendship grow? What do each represent to the other?

2. When Phillip describes Memphis in Chapter 2, he paints detailed pictures of the city of his adolescence and the one he encounters during his adult visits home. He also compares Memphis to Nashville. How has the city of Memphis changed in Phillip's opinion? How do the two cities still differ?

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. Phillip visits Alex in Paris during the war in Chapter 5. Describe their time together in Paris. What happens to them on the Rue de Rivoli one afternoon?

5. 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?

6. Of all the Carver children, the least is said about Georgie. In Chapter 4, what information is revealed about Georgie? How would one describe Georgie and who he is in the Carver family?

7. 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?

8. As Chapter 1 opens, Phillip is alone in the apartment he shares with Holly Kaplan. Why is this the case? What are the things Phillip thinks about while deciding whether to go to Memphis?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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