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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. Who narrated "Odalisque"?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Marilyn Nelson.
(c) One of Carver's black colleages.
(d) Carver.

2. Why did Carver's colleague's at Tuskagee think he had higher pay than them?
(a) He was friends with Booker T. Washington.
(b) He graduated from a white school.
(c) He was a recruiter.
(d) He was older.

3. What caused Carver to laugh in "The Nervous System of the Beetle"?
(a) Someone said a beetle had a backbone.
(b) A teacher gets confused.
(c) A textbook was mislabeled.
(d) Someone called him an invertebrate.

4. Why was a family sitting on the train tracks in "Coincidence"?
(a) To send a message.
(b) To commit suicide.
(c) To slow the train.
(d) To get a ride on the train.

5. What religious group did Carver join in college?
(a) A prayer group.
(b) A hymn singing choir.
(c) A Service Society.
(d) A Bible Study Group.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the homesteader in "Old Settlers' Reunion" say Geroge did in the fields?

2. How did Carver know Sarah Hunt?

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

4. What did Carver keep on his bedside table?

5. How long was the train in "Coincidence" delayed?

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