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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The New Rooster to Ruellia Noctiflora.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was "Ruellia Noctiflora" found by Carver?
(a) A greenhouse.
(b) The woods.
(c) A street corner.
(d) His garden.

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

5. When was "The Year of the Sky-Smear"?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. What got scalded in "Dawn Walk"?

2. What did Miss Bud teach?

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

4. In "The New Rooster," what was Bridgeforth's occupation?

5. In "Chemistry 101," what did Carver want his students to imagine?

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