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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Phillip give Holly upon his return from Memphis?
(a) The clover pendant.
(b) A diamond bracelet.
(c) A new coat.
(d) An engagement ring.

3. What is happening at Mr. Carver's home?
(a) Maud and Horace are moving out.
(b) Betsy and Josephine are moving their father's things out of the house.
(c) The movers are delivering furniture Father had recently purchased.
(d) Betsy and Josephine are moving into Mr. Carver's home.

4. What did the two families often do together on Saturdays?
(a) Picnic in the city park.
(b) Ride horses on the Shackleford land.
(c) Fox hunt at the nearby forest.
(d) Swim at the Franklin public pool.

5. How does Holly react to Phillip's gift?
(a) Loves it and puts it on right away.
(b) She would never wear it.
(c) Asks him to return it and get his money back.
(d) She has seen it among his things before.

6. What does Phillip do two days after returning to New York?
(a) He begins a series of weekly phone calls with his father.
(b) He asks Holly to travel to Europe with him.
(c) He calls Alex and says he cannot come to Memphis.
(d) He writes a letter to his father about his sisters.

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

8. What does Phillip realize about his father moving the family to Memphis?
(a) His father did not ask everyone if they wanted to move.
(b) His father did not take into account the psyches of his wife and children.
(c) His father moved there for spite.
(d) His father behaved selfishly for no reason.

9. What is Phillip certain of in Chapter 8?
(a) His sisters hired someone to threaten Mrs. Stockwell.
(b) His sisters influenced Mrs. Stockwell not to marry Mr. Carver.
(c) The minister talked Mrs. Stockwell out of the marriage.
(d) Alex had a part in the situation.

10. How does Phillip react when Betsy and Josephine say they will return to their real estate business?
(a) He tells them they should move into their own homes.
(b) He wants them to and tells them so.
(c) He encourages them to stay at home.
(d) He knows it is not true.

11. What is the name of the book Lewis Shackleford gives to George Carver?
(a) The Autobiography of Karl Marx.
(b) My Autobiography by Abraham Lincoln.
(c) My Autobiography by Benito Mussolini.
(d) The Biography of Mussolini.

12. Where does Phillip travel to meet his family for a weekend get together?
(a) The family house in Memphis.
(b) Owl Mountain Inn.
(c) Thornton.
(d) The old house in Nashville.

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

14. How is George Carver regarded by the townspeople?
(a) He is a spoiled brat.
(b) He is raised without manners.
(c) He is born under a lucky star.
(d) He is born under a bad sign.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do Holly and Phillip acquire much of their furnishings?

3. With whom does Mrs. Carver spend much of her time on the Saturday outings?

4. How does Phillip react to his sisters when inside the house?

5. What did Holly imagine she would do when she leaves Cleveland and moves to New York fifteen years before?

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