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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. What was the person Carver saw in "A Patriarch's Blessing" sitting in?
(a) A mossy river.
(b) A coffin.
(c) A bath tub.
(d) A rocking chair.

2. What did Carver say would destroy a person in "Goliath"?
(a) All of these.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Fear.
(d) Hate.

3. When did Booker T. Washington die?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1905.

4. What was different about Hardwick from all of Carver's other boys?
(a) He was older.
(b) He was younger.
(c) He was poor.
(d) He was white.

5. In "Chicken-Talk," how many chickens were unaccounted for?
(a) 897.
(b) 765.
(c) 789.
(d) 567.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Booker T. Washington die?

2. Where did the people think the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk" had gone?

3. In "Letter to Mrs. Hardwick," what relation did Carver say he would never have?

4. Why did Carver and Bridgeforth butt heads so much in "The New Rooster"?

5. What did Carver watch at night in "Veil-Raisers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were all the honors Carver received in "Out of the Fire"?

2. What did Carver say about God in "The Wild Garden"?

3. How did Carver respond to the death of Booker T. Washington?

4. How did Carver honor Ford in "Mineralogy"?

5. How did Carver die?

6. Why was Curtis called "Baby Carver"?

7. In "Lovingly Sons," what did Carver's boys say he did for them?

8. How did Booker T. Washington offend Carver in "The New Rooster"?

9. What did most white nurses do in "Friends in the Klan"?

10. What was Carver criticized for in "Eureka"?

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