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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Rooster to Ruellia Noctiflora.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Perceiving Self," what did Carver witness?
(a) A slave market.
(b) A trial.
(c) A lynching.
(d) A symposium.

2. Who was Carver's boss at Tuskegee?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Frederick Wilson.
(c) Moses Pederson.
(d) Susan Weaver.

3. In "Cafeteria Food," how did Carver say he wanted to serve blacks?
(a) Through education.
(b) Through legislation.
(c) Through agriculture.
(d) Through equality.

4. What did Carver refuse to do after Booker T. Washington's death?
(a) Go to labs.
(b) All of these.
(c) Teach.
(d) Leave his room.

5. Who was "1905" about?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Copernicus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Booker T. Washington die?

2. What was the Earth compared to in "Clay"?

3. How often did Carver's boss at Tuskegee want reports about his chickens?

4. What is the name of Carver's brother?

5. Where did George find the Ivory handled knife?

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