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

2. Why do the Carvers move from Thornton to Nashville?
(a) So Georgie would meet new friends.
(b) So the girls could be part of Nashville society.
(c) So Phillip would have a good education.
(d) So Mr. Carver could work exclusively for Lewis Shackleford.

3. Where does Mr. Carver always buy his hats?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Baltimore.
(d) St. Louis.

4. How does Phillip describe himself and Holly?
(a) "Free spirits."
(b) "Lucky."
(c) "Stubborn."
(d) "Old bags."

5. In Chapter 8, what is one thing Phillip imagines his father will do next?
(a) Lock himself in his room.
(b) Take a safari to Africa.
(c) Wait three months for Mrs. Stockwell to return.
(d) Begin drinking heavily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phillip realize on his trip home to Memphis?

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

3. How long after the move to Nashville does Lewis Shackleford betray Mr. Carver?

4. What does Holly encourage Phillip to focus on in his family?

5. What happens in town when George Carver is born?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mr. Carver dies in Chapter 12, Holly's father also dies. The two of them return to New York after the funerals, and continue their lives together there. Phillip describes them both as "serenely free spirits." What has caused him to characterize himself and Holly in this way?

2. In Chapter 12, Phillip gives the four leaf clover pendant to Holly. How does she respond? What does Phillip know from her response?

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. While flying to Memphis in Chapter 7, Philip thinks about his course of action with his sister who he fears are planning vengeance on their father. What does Phillip want to convince the sisters to do?

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

10. 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?

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