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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. In "A Ship Without a Rudder," what did Carver wear in his lapel?
(a) A rose.
(b) A snap dragon.
(c) A peony.
(d) A carnation.

2. In "Chemistry 101," what did Carver want his students to imagine?
(a) The future.
(b) The tiny organisms all around them.
(c) All their possibilities.
(d) How things were a hundred years back.

3. Why did Miss bud say she sent Carver home?
(a) He was tired.
(b) He was sick.
(c) He was loud.
(d) He was black.

4. 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) Someone called him an invertebrate.
(d) A textbook was mislabeled.

5. Where did George find the Ivory handled knife?
(a) A church meeting.
(b) The store.
(c) His mother's cupboard.
(d) The garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Pammel's occupation?

2. What stuck out of the students' shoes in "Dawn Walk"?

3. What kind of doctor did Susan say George was?

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

5. What was John Bentley hired to do?

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