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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Mr. Carver say to Alex and Phillip after speaking with the minister?
2. How long after the move to Nashville does Lewis Shackleford betray Mr. Carver?
3. Where do Phillip's sisters live after their father dies?
4. What does Father say to Betsy and Josephine inside the house?
5. When Phillip sees his father for the weekend getaway, how does Mr. Carver look?
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. 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?
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 9, Phillip gives us a glimpse of Holly's life. How do we learn about Holly and how she fits into her family?
5. At the end of Chapter 12, what does the reader know about all of the main characters?
6. In Chapter 9, Phillip explains the difference between his father and Alex Mercer as an important factor in their friendship. What is this difference?
7. In Chapter 12, Phillip gives the four leaf clover pendant to Holly. How does she respond? What does Phillip know from her response?
8. In Chapter 10, how does Lewis Shackleford see his friend, George Carver? What traits does he admire in his friend?
9. 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?
10. In Chapter 8, Alex, Phillip and Father pull up to the house from the church. What is happening as they arrive? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Phillip often mentions his sister's outlandish appearance and behavior in their middle age. He gives examples of their conversations in public places; their dress and accessories; their behavior with their father and others. In a way, the two sisters seem to blend into one by the end of the story. Describe the two women: who are they? How are they similar? How are they different?
Essay Topic 2
In many novels, dialogue drives the action. In A Summons To Memphis, there is no dialogue in the traditional sense; the book is written in a narrative style. Why do you think the author has chosen to write in narrative style? Are there any characters in the book you would find easier to understand if you were to read his/her words as dialogue?
Essay Topic 3
Phillip realizes his father did not consider how the move to Memphis would affect all members of the family. Was the move to Memphis the only thing to affect the Carvers? Was there another factor at play, one much more dramatic than the move, that actually changed the course of everyone's lives?
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