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

2. What tone was "My People" written in?
(a) Angry.
(b) Hopeful.
(c) Sad.
(d) Sardonic.

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

4. In "Four a.m. in the Woods," what did Carver realize?
(a) The reason for his daughter's birth.
(b) The reason for his brother's death.
(c) His purpose in life.
(d) His talent.

5. Where did the people think the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk" had gone?
(a) John had freed them.
(b) Carver had sold them.
(c) Foxes had eaten them.
(d) Children had sniped them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carver teach his assistants in "1905"?

2. When did "The Lace-Maker" do the sewing?

3. Who did Carver say caused weeds in "The Wild Garden"?

4. What kind of jacket did Carver wear in "Ruellia Noctiflora"?

5. What was John Bentley hired to do?

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