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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 do Mr. Carver and Mr. Shackleford greet each other in the restaurant?
(a) They shake hands and smile.
(b) They embrace.
(c) They mumble hello and ignore each other.
(d) They begin arguing.

2. How does Phillip feel about his father before the man dies the following spring?
(a) They have nothing in common.
(b) They can never forget the past.
(c) His father really is an ogre.
(d) They are able to talk of things they could not when face-to-face.

3. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Carver, Georgie and Phillip are in St. Louis on business?
(a) Mr. Shackleford disappears with the company assets.
(b) Mr. Shackleford robs a savings and loan.
(c) Mr. Shackleford loses an envelope containing half a million dollars cash.
(d) Mr. Shackleford is accused of mortgaging company landholdings.

4. 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) Clarkson Manning, his wife and their children.
(d) Clara Stockwell and her husband.

5. What is Mr. Carver doing in the car in Chapter 8?
(a) Crying.
(b) Talking to Phillip and Alex.
(c) Screaming in anger.
(d) Working out something in his head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phillips find he identifies with his father one evening?

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

3. Where does the family see Lewis Shackleford?

4. How is George Carver regarded by the townspeople?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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