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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Miss Bud teach?
(a) English.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Art.
(d) History.

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

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

4. What did Carver teach his assistants in "1905"?
(a) Fertilization.
(b) Germination fo Flowers.
(c) The Theory of Relativity.
(d) Poultry Farming.

5. Who did Carver hope to honor with his work in "Odalisque"?
(a) His mother.
(b) The professors at Tuskagee.
(c) Black people.
(d) His brother.

6. Where did a student try to insult Carver?
(a) The courtyard.
(b) The classroom.
(c) The dorms.
(d) The Cafeteria.

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

8. How did Watkins meet Carver?
(a) He took him as a boarder.
(b) He was a student of his.
(c) He bought him as a slave.
(d) He hired him at his laundromat.

9. Whose perspective is "Out of 'Slaves' Ransom," from?
(a) John Bentley's.
(b) Susan Carver'y.
(c) Maria Bentley's.
(d) Moses Carver's.

10. What did Carver write for his College class?
(a) The Class Anthem.
(b) The Class poem.
(c) The Class Pledge.
(d) The Class Registry.

11. What caused Carver to laugh in "The Nervous System of the Beetle"?
(a) A teacher gets confused.
(b) Someone called him an invertebrate.
(c) A textbook was mislabeled.
(d) Someone said a beetle had a backbone.

12. Who wanted the formula for Egyptian Blue?
(a) Fabric Manufacturers.
(b) Art Institutes.
(c) Toy makers.
(d) Paint companies.

13. What did Carver always wear in his lapel?
(a) A watch chain.
(b) A button.
(c) A flower.
(d) A cotton fluff.

14. How many paintings of Carver's were displayed at the World Fair?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

15. What is an invertebrate?
(a) A creature with no back bone.
(b) A kind of worm.
(c) A sea creature.
(d) An armored reptile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Helen Winterset feel about Carver?

2. What was Carver's nickname in College?

3. Where did "Dawn Walk" take place?

4. What is the name of Carver's brother?

5. Where did George find the Ivory handled knife?

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