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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 happens in town when George Carver is born?
(a) Church bells ring and guns are fired.
(b) Firestation sirens are rung.
(c) Police cars sound their sirens.
(d) Firecrackers are set off.

2. What honor is bestowed upon George Carver upon graduating from Thornton Academy?
(a) He is a National Merit Finalist.
(b) He is class salutorian for graduation.
(c) He is awarded Suma Cum Laude.
(d) He is class valedictorian for graduation.

3. How does Lewis Shackleford view Mr. Carver?
(a) As a shrewd businessman.
(b) As a heel and a clod.
(c) As a country gentleman with agrarian traditions.
(d) As a clever and funny man.

4. What is Phillip certain of in Chapter 8?
(a) His sisters influenced Mrs. Stockwell not to marry Mr. Carver.
(b) The minister talked Mrs. Stockwell out of the marriage.
(c) His sisters hired someone to threaten Mrs. Stockwell.
(d) Alex had a part in the situation.

5. Who does Phillip see on the other side of the restaurant?
(a) Wyant Brawley, his wife and their children.
(b) Clara Price, her husband and children.
(c) Clara Stockwell and her husband.
(d) Clarkson Manning, his wife and their children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening at Mr. Carver's home?

2. What did the two families often do together on Saturdays?

3. How does Phillip begin his description of Mr. Carver and Mr. Shackleford?

4. How do the Shacklefords greet the Carvers when they arrive in Nashville?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 8, Betsy and Josephine have prepared a bed for Phillip in their father's study. However, Phillip does not stay. He leaves his father and sisters and returns to New York. Why does he not remain and defend his father against his sisters? Why does Phillip leave so hastily?

2. In Chapter 9, Phillip visits Holly in her apartment in the hopes of a reconciliation. What do the two of them talk about for the first time openly and honestly? What has happened in Holly's life during their separation?

3. While at Sunday supper with his family at Owl Mountain in Chapter 11, Phillip sees both Clara Price and Lewis Shackleford in the dining room. How does Phillip react to both of these important people?

4. While George Carver and his wife are in St, Louis for business, what happens to the Mr. Shackleford's company? How does Mr. Carver react to this news?

5. During the drive from the church to Mr. Carver's home in Chapter 8, Phillip begins thinking of what his father might do next. What things does he think are possible? Why does he believe his father might do any of them?

6. At the end of Chapter 12, what does the reader know about all of the main characters?

7. In Chapter 7, Phillip compares the life he knows in his father's house in Memphis and his apartment in New York. How do the two residences differ? How does Phillip feel about the contents of his family home in Memphis and the contents of his apartment?

8. In Chapter 8, Alex, Phillip and Father pull up to the house from the church. What is happening as they arrive? Why?

9. In Chapter 10, Phillip comes to a realization about his father and the move to Memphis. What does he decide regarding his father's move with the family to a new city to begin again?

10. In Chapter 10, how does Lewis Shackleford see his friend, George Carver? What traits does he admire in his friend?

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