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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. What form is "From an Alabama Farmer" written in?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A song.
(c) A speech.
(d) A letter.

2. In "Four a.m. in the Woods," what did Carver realize?
(a) His talent.
(b) His purpose in life.
(c) The reason for his daughter's birth.
(d) The reason for his brother's death.

3. Who defended Carver when a student tried to insult him?
(a) The faculty.
(b) Other students.
(c) Nobody.
(d) The janitors.

4. What did Carver keep on his bedside table?
(a) Books.
(b) All of these.
(c) Dried leaves.
(d) A Bible.

5. What is new about the generation Carver taught at Tuskagee?
(a) They were the first slaves to be freed.
(b) They were the first educated generation of blacks.
(c) They were the first free generation.
(d) They were the first generation after the Civil War.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Old Settlers' Reunion," what did the homesteader build with his wife?

2. What was Carver called in "A Charmed Life"?

3. In "Four a.m. in the Woods," what did Carver love about the woods?

4. Who narrated "Odalisque"?

5. What was Carver thanked for in "From an Alabama Farmer"?

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