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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. What city is described as a "land oriented" city?
(a) Nashville.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Memphis.
(d) Chattanooga.

2. What does Phillip ask Clara in order to strike up a conversation?
(a) He asks for directions.
(b) He asks for change.
(c) He asks her name.
(d) He asks for her phone number.

3. What is George Carver wearing on the first day he and Alex meet?
(a) A pinstripe suit.
(b) A morning suit.
(c) A seer sucker suit.
(d) A grey woolen suit.

4. Why do Betsy and Wyant stay behind in Huntington?
(a) To get gas for the car.
(b) To elope.
(c) To eat dinner and see a movie.
(d) To visit with friends.

5. To what does Phillip's mother compare the family's move to Memphis?
(a) The trip of a lifetime.
(b) A slow moving wagon train.
(c) The long and winding road.
(d) The Trail of Tears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phillip react to his sister's descriptions of their dates and their love affairs?

2. Where does George Carver attend college?

3. What is the consequence for Mr. Carver's mistake that night which is witnessed by Betsy and Joesphine?

4. Where do Mr. Carver and his grown daughters have supper on Sunday nights?

5. What is Alex's wife's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 5, Phillip leaves his father's home and moves to New York City. How does he manage this? Why does he choose New York? How does his family react?

2. In Chapter 1, the narrator begins the story with an explanation of the perils of a widower with middle-aged children,dating. What is the major issue faced by the widower? What examples of this situation does the narrator provide?

3. In Chapter 1, how do Mr. Carver's daughters initially handle his dating? How does this change when he begins seeing one woman exclusively?

4. In Chapter 6, Betsy describes one evening at the Blue Moon when Mr. Carver arrives with a group of six people all of whom are much younger than he. What happens that evening to Mr. Carver?

5. As Mr. Carver continues to date and socialize, the two daughters appear to keep very close tabs on him. How does Phillip react to this? What is he able to see about his Father's situation based on the regular correspondence from Josephine and Betsy?

6. In Chapter 1, Phillip begins to explain the story of his family and their move from Nashville in 1931. What does he think is important for the reader to know in order for the story to make sense? Where does he begin the story? What does he tell us about the people whose conflict made the family's move necessary?

7. In Chapter 5, Phillip tells the story of the pendant. What is the significance of four leaf clovers in the love affair between Clara and Phillip?

8. In Chapter 3, Phillip paints a picture of his parents and his two sisters living in Memphis and their conversations about dating and the men they are both seeing. How does this appear to him when he is home visiting? How do Betsy and Josephine behave in front of their parents? What is the topic of conversation much of the time Phillip is visiting? How do the elderly Mr. and Mrs. Carver respond to their middle-aged daughters' banter?

9. Alex witnesses Betsy and Josephine relating stories about Mr. Carver in Chapter 6. How does Phillip describe Alex's reaction to the sisters' behavior in public?

10. In Chapter 5, Phillip reminisces on his failed engagement. What happens between Phillip and Clara Price? Compare his experience with that of his sisters.

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