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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did "The Perceiving Self" take place?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Kansas.
(c) Texas.
(d) Arkansas.

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

4. What was Carver's nickname in College?
(a) Massa.
(b) Master.
(c) Professor.
(d) Doc.

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

6. What kind of studio did Carver ask for in "Odalisque"?
(a) A labratory.
(b) A green house.
(c) A painting studio.
(d) A writing studio.

7. How old was Mary when she was sold into slavery?
(a) 19.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 16.

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

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

10. In "A Ship Without a Rudder," what did Carver wear in his lapel?
(a) A peony.
(b) A rose.
(c) A snap dragon.
(d) A carnation.

11. What is new about the generation Carver taught at Tuskagee?
(a) They were the first free generation.
(b) They were the first generation after the Civil War.
(c) They were the first educated generation of blacks.
(d) They were the first slaves to be freed.

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

13. What amazed Pammel about Carver?
(a) The way he fit in.
(b) The way he got others to like him.
(c) The way he absorbed information.
(d) The way he looked at the world.

14. Where does "A Ship Without a Rudder" take place?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Idaho.
(d) Iowa.

15. What was John Bentley hired to do?
(a) Teach his slaves.
(b) Heal sick slaves.
(c) Find stolen slaves.
(d) Help slaves escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Old Settlers' Reunion," what did the homesteader build with his wife?

2. What tone was "My People" written in?

3. Why was a family sitting on the train tracks in "Coincidence"?

4. In "Poultry Husbandry," how were Carver and his many tasks described?

5. How many paintings of Carver's were displayed at the World Fair?

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