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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Four a.m. in the Woods," what did Carver love about the woods?
(a) The cold.
(b) The quiet.
(c) The darkness.
(d) The mist.

2. What instrument did Carver play in "Old Settlers' Reunion"?
(a) The piano.
(b) The lip harp.
(c) The guitar.
(d) The accordian.

3. How did Jim die?
(a) He had polio.
(b) He had small pox.
(c) He drowned.
(d) He was hanged.

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

5. Who narrated "The Nervous System of the Beetle"?
(a) A professor.
(b) A student.
(c) A janitor.
(d) Carver.

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

7. When did Watkins realize George was meant for greatness?
(a) When she heard him read.
(b) When she saw him work so hard at school.
(c) When she read his writing.
(d) When she saw him holding a flower.

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

9. Which of these was NOT kept on Carver's bedside table?
(a) Seeds.
(b) Notes.
(c) A bill of sale.
(d) A photograph of his mother.

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

11. What is the name of Carver's brother?
(a) John.
(b) Jack.
(c) Jim.
(d) Jake.

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

13. How did Miss Bud describe Carver's work?
(a) His work was laced with a sense of loss.
(b) He was inventive and creative.
(c) All of these.
(d) He reveled the truth in his work.

14. What religious group did Carver join in college?
(a) A Bible Study Group.
(b) A hymn singing choir.
(c) A Service Society.
(d) A prayer group.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carver keep on his bedside table?

2. What did Pammel say Carver did to other people?

3. What amazed Pammel about Carver?

4. Where did George find the Ivory handled knife?

5. What did Carver teach his assistants in "1905"?

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