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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 "Veil-Raisers," who did Booker t. Washington write notes to?
(a) Faculty members.
(b) Philanthropists.
(c) Family members.
(d) All of these.

2. What did Carver watch at night in "Veil-Raisers"?
(a) Black couples walking.
(b) The stars.
(c) The lines of his face.
(d) The trees in the wind.

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

4. Where did Carver see the most beauty in the world?
(a) Everything.
(b) Nature.
(c) The sky.
(d) The ocean.

5. What is an invertebrate?
(a) An armored reptile.
(b) A sea creature.
(c) A creature with no back bone.
(d) A kind of worm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is new about the generation Carver taught at Tuskagee?

2. What did Carver always wear in his lapel?

3. How many paintings of Carver's were displayed at the World Fair?

4. What did Carver teach former slaves about in "1905"?

5. What did Miss Bud teach?

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