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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Patriarch's Blessing to The Year of the Sky-Smear.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What amazed Pammel about Carver?
(a) The way he fit in.
(b) The way he looked at the world.
(c) The way he got others to like him.
(d) The way he absorbed information.

2. Who hounded Carver for the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk"?
(a) Jim.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Moses.

3. What did Carver write for his College class?
(a) The Class Anthem.
(b) The Class Pledge.
(c) The Class poem.
(d) The Class Registry.

4. Where did Carver try to sleep in "A Patriarch's Blessing"?
(a) A classroom.
(b) A ship.
(c) A jail cell.
(d) A train.

5. Where does "A Ship Without a Rudder" take place?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many times did Miss Bud send Carver home?

2. In "Veil-Raisers," who did Booker t. Washington write notes to?

3. What kind of studio did Carver ask for in "Odalisque"?

4. What caused "The Year of the Sky-Smear"?

5. What was Carver thanked for in "From an Alabama Farmer"?

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