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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. How did Carver tell his students to defeat their own "Goliath"?
(a) By ignoring the bad things in the world.
(b) By educating themselves.
(c) By spreading universal good.
(d) By turning the other cheek.

2. What was different about Hardwick from all of Carver's other boys?
(a) He was younger.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was older.
(d) He was white.

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

4. What did Carver name one of the chickens in "Poultry Husbandry"?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Gerald Ford.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was "1905" about?

3. What did Carver write for his College class?

4. What was Carver criticized for in "Eureka"?

5. What was Carver thanked for in "From an Alabama Farmer"?

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