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

2. Who does Phillip call to meet him at the airport?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Howard.
(c) Georgie.
(d) Alex.

3. What does Father say to Betsy and Josephine inside the house?
(a) "Welcome home, girls."
(b) "Why are you moving into my house?"
(c) "Please leave me alone."
(d) "What are we having for lunch?"

4. How long after the move to Nashville does Lewis Shackleford betray Mr. Carver?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Six years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Phillip give Holly upon his return from Memphis?

2. Who does Phillip see on the other side of the restaurant?

3. How is George Carver regarded by the townspeople?

4. What news does Mr. Carver have for Phillip?

5. Where do Phillip's sisters live after their father dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 7, what happens at the church? How does Mr. Carver react to the news? What does he say to Alex and Phillip?

5. In Chapter 12, Phillip begins calling his father on a weekly basis. Why are those calls important to Phillip?

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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?

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

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

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