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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My People to Coincidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did "Dawn Walk" take place?
(a) A forest.
(b) A school courtyard.
(c) The dump.
(d) Crop fields.

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

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

4. How did Watkins meet Carver?
(a) He was a student of his.
(b) He hired him at his laundromat.
(c) He bought him as a slave.
(d) He took him as a boarder.

5. What stuck out of the students' shoes in "Dawn Walk"?
(a) The whale boning.
(b) The steel toes.
(c) Their socks.
(d) Their toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Moses Carver?

2. Why did Carver's colleague's at Tuskagee not like him?

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

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

5. How did Jim die?

(see the answer key)

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