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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter to Mrs. Hardwick to Moton Field.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Carver's colleague's at Tuskagee think he had higher pay than them?
(a) He was older.
(b) He graduated from a white school.
(c) He was friends with Booker T. Washington.
(d) He was a recruiter.

2. Who was Moses Carver?
(a) Carver's father.
(b) A local priest.
(c) A slave trader.
(d) The owner of Carver's mother.

3. Why was a family sitting on the train tracks in "Coincidence"?
(a) To send a message.
(b) To get a ride on the train.
(c) To slow the train.
(d) To commit suicide.

4. In "Chicken-Talk," how many chickens were unaccounted for?
(a) 567.
(b) 789.
(c) 897.
(d) 765.

5. What did Pammel call Carver?
(a) God's Gift to Teachers.
(b) A Freak of Nature.
(c) A Path to Freedom.
(d) The Black Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carver know Sarah Hunt?

2. When did Booker T. Washington die?

3. In "Letter to Mrs. Hardwick," what was Carver so surprised about?

4. Why did the person in "A Patriarch's Blessing" tell Carver not to pick the fruit?

5. What did Carver keep on his bedside table?

(see the answer key)

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