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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 are Betsy and Josephine dressed when Phillip and Father walk into the house?
(a) Both are in wild clothing.
(b) Both are wearing jeans and a button down shirt.
(c) Both are in brand new, modest gingham housedresses.
(d) Both are in fancy dresses and jewelry.

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

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

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

5. Once back in their routines together, Alex and Holly find themselves talking about what subject?
(a) Caring for their parents but not wanting to see them.
(b) Going to Memphis to see Alex's family.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Having a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Six weeks after the weekend visit, why do Phillip's sisters call?

2. What do Alex and Holly talk about when he goes to see her at her apartment?

3. What happens when Mr. and Mrs. Carver, Georgie and Phillip are in St. Louis on business?

4. What does Josephine whisper to Phillip on his way out of his father's house?

5. What kind of car does Mr. Carver drive?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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