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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. In "Veil-Raisers," what did Carver write in his room at night?
(a) Journal entries.
(b) Book reviews.
(c) Poems.
(d) Lesson plans.

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

3. In "Cercospora," what did others say Carver should not trust?
(a) White men.
(b) The faculty.
(c) Himself.
(d) His parents.

4. What did Carver show the government in "Out of the Fire"?
(a) How to burn stubbled fields.
(b) How to dehydrate food.
(c) How to fertilize fields.
(d) How to use peanuts.

5. What did the homesteader in "Old Settlers' Reunion" say Geroge did in the fields?
(a) Prayed.
(b) Sang.
(c) Danced.
(d) Read.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chicken-Talk," how many chickens were unaccounted for?

2. What is an invertebrate?

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

4. What got scalded in "Dawn Walk"?

5. What society in College did Carver organize?

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