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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beside Reading to The Sweet-Hearts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Earth compared to in "Clay"?
(a) A lump of clay.
(b) A frescoed wall.
(c) A stone foundation.
(d) All of these.

2. How did Carver pay for his piano lessons?
(a) He sold his paintings.
(b) He taught literary lessons.
(c) He washed clothes.
(d) He plowed fields.

3. What stuck out of the students' shoes in "Dawn Walk"?
(a) The whale boning.
(b) Their socks.
(c) The steel toes.
(d) Their toes.

4. In "Four a.m. in the Woods," what did Carver realize?
(a) His purpose in life.
(b) His talent.
(c) The reason for his daughter's birth.
(d) The reason for his brother's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What religious group did Carver join in college?

2. Where did Carver live in "Washboard Wizard"?

3. Where did George find the Ivory handled knife?

4. Where did a student try to insult Carver?

5. When did Watkins realize George was meant for greatness?

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