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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 Phillip realize about Holly?
(a) She probably wants to have children.
(b) She works very hard at her job.
(c) She must have had a serious lover just as he did long ago.
(d) She does not like receiving gifts.

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

3. How does Phillips find he identifies with his father one evening?
(a) They are both unmarried.
(b) They are both tired of Betsy and Josephine's meddling.
(c) They are both growing old.
(d) They are both lonely in their surroundings.

4. What does Phillip come to realize his father has yearned for all of his life?
(a) Individuality and otherness.
(b) Control and power over others.
(c) Wealth and acclaim.
(d) Freedom and independence.

5. What do Holly and Phillip decide to do with their inheritances?
(a) Travel.
(b) Buy a larger apartment.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Buy new furniture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once back in their routines together, Alex and Holly find themselves talking about what subject?

2. What does the family decide to do together on Phillip's last day together?

3. How does Lewis Shackleford view Mr. Carver?

4. What news does Betsy bring to Father as he is waiting to leave for Nashville?

5. How is George Carver regarded by the townspeople?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, Phillip puts together the story of his family's intrusion into his father's love affair with Clara Price. What does he realize, and how?

2. In Chapter 9, Phillip gives us a glimpse of Holly's life. How do we learn about Holly and how she fits into her family?

3. What is Betsy's stated reason for Father not going to see Lewis Shackleford in Chapter 11? What is the real reason?

4. In Chapter 11, Phillip allows Alex's car to remain in the driveway which blocks his father's car from exiting. What debate might be waging in his mind while he delays his father's departure?

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. In Chapter 8, how does Phillip react to his sisters' actions? How does Alex react?

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

8. In Chapter 12, Phillip begins calling his father on a weekly basis. Why are those calls important to Phillip?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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