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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. In "Chemistry 101," where did Carver take his class?
(a) The dump.
(b) A labratory.
(c) A garden.
(d) The river.

2. How often did Carver's boss at Tuskegee want reports about his chickens?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Daily.
(c) Bi-Weekly.
(d) Monthly.

3. What was Pammel's occupation?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Boarder.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Professor.

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

5. In "Four a.m. in the Woods," what did Carver love about the woods?
(a) The cold.
(b) The darkness.
(c) The quiet.
(d) The mist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chicken-Talk," how many chickens were unaccounted for?

2. Who was "The Lace-Maker"?

3. What tone was "My People" written in?

4. Why did Carver's colleague's at Tuskagee think he had higher pay than them?

5. How was Carver hounded about the missing chickens in "Chicken-Talk"?

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