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

2. How did Helen Winterset feel about Carver?
(a) She was worried about him.
(b) She was afraid of him.
(c) She adored him.
(d) She hated him.

3. In "Chemistry 101," what did Carver want his students to imagine?
(a) The future.
(b) How things were a hundred years back.
(c) The tiny organisms all around them.
(d) All their possibilities.

4. Why did Carver's colleague's at Tuskagee not like him?
(a) All of these.
(b) He had bigger rooms.
(c) He got paid more.
(d) They thought he looked down on him.

5. Who wanted the formula for Egyptian Blue?
(a) Paint companies.
(b) Toy makers.
(c) Fabric Manufacturers.
(d) Art Institutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Carver see the most beauty in the world?

2. What was Carver's nickname in College?

3. In "Chemistry 101," where did Carver take his class?

4. What religious group did Carver join in college?

5. How many acres did the homesteader in "Old Settlers' Reunion" own?

(see the answer key)

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