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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 John Bentley hired to do?
(a) Teach his slaves.
(b) Heal sick slaves.
(c) Find stolen slaves.
(d) Help slaves escape.

2. What did Pammel call Carver?
(a) The Black Darwin.
(b) God's Gift to Teachers.
(c) A Freak of Nature.
(d) A Path to Freedom.

3. How many paintings of Carver's were displayed at the World Fair?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

4. Why did Susan think her adopted children would always be hated?
(a) They were black.
(b) They were disabled.
(c) They were foreigners.
(d) They were too smart.

5. How did Watkins meet Carver?
(a) He hired him at his laundromat.
(b) He was a student of his.
(c) He bought him as a slave.
(d) He took him as a boarder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carver pay for his piano lessons?

2. What instrument did Carver play in "Old Settlers' Reunion"?

3. What confuses John Bentley about Susan Carver?

4. In "Called," what did Carver rattle on about?

5. Why was a family sitting on the train tracks in "Coincidence"?

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