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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confuses John Bentley about Susan Carver?
(a) She doesn't own property.
(b) She forgives Susan.
(c) She is afraid of black people.
(d) She cares about a black child.

2. Who created the color Egyptian Blue?
(a) Manet.
(b) Monet.
(c) Michaelangelo.
(d) Carver.

3. How many stillborn children did Carver's mother have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. How often did Carver's boss at Tuskegee want reports about his chickens?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Bi-Weekly.
(c) Daily.
(d) Monthly.

5. How did Carver know Sarah Hunt?
(a) She is his mother's friend.
(b) He boarded with her.
(c) They studied together.
(d) They were in a relationship.

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

7. What society in College did Carver organize?
(a) The Diversity Society.
(b) The Artistry in Motion Society.
(c) The Agricultural Society.
(d) The Freedom Speaking Society.

8. How long was the train in "Coincidence" delayed?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 5 hours.
(d) 2 hours.

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

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

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

12. How did Helen Winterset feel about Carver?
(a) She was worried about him.
(b) She was afraid of him.
(c) She adored him.
(d) She hated him.

13. In "Chemistry 101," where did Carver take his class?
(a) The river.
(b) A labratory.
(c) A garden.
(d) The dump.

14. In "The Perceiving Self," what did Carver witness?
(a) A slave market.
(b) A trial.
(c) A symposium.
(d) A lynching.

15. What stuck out of the students' shoes in "Dawn Walk"?
(a) Their socks.
(b) The whale boning.
(c) Their toes.
(d) The steel toes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wanted the formula for Egyptian Blue?

2. Who was Moses Carver?

3. In "Drifter," what was Carver curious about?

4. In "A Ship Without a Rudder," what did Carver wear in his lapel?

5. Why did Susan think her adopted children would always be hated?

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