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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Beside Reading to The Sweet-Hearts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Carver pay for his piano lessons?
(a) He sold his paintings.
(b) He taught literary lessons.
(c) He washed clothes.
(d) He plowed fields.

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

3. What was the Earth compared to in "Clay"?
(a) A stone foundation.
(b) A lump of clay.
(c) All of these.
(d) A frescoed wall.

4. What did Carver always wear in his lapel?
(a) A flower.
(b) A cotton fluff.
(c) A watch chain.
(d) A button.

5. How many times did Miss Bud send Carver home?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Called," what did Carver rattle on about?

2. Where did George find the Ivory handled knife?

3. How did Carver's colleagues at Tuskagee describe Carver's accent?

4. In "The Perceiving Self," what did Carver witness?

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

(see the answer key)

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