Carver: A Life in Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Carver: A Life in Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who narrated "Odalisque"?
(a) One of Carver's black colleages.
(b) Marilyn Nelson.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Carver.

2. What did the students' parents at Tuskagee do for a living?
(a) They were slaves.
(b) They were industry workers.
(c) They were plantation inheritors.
(d) They were farmers.

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

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

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

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

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

8. In "Drifter," what was Carver curious about?
(a) The corn.
(b) Travelling.
(c) The rain.
(d) All of these.

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

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

11. What was Carver thanked for in "From an Alabama Farmer"?
(a) Teaching black students.
(b) Creating the agricultural program.
(c) Not forgetting his roots.
(d) Showing someone how to fertilize fields.

12. Who was "1905" about?
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Copernicus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Drifter," what was Carver on a quest for?

2. Where was Carver born?

3. What kind of doctor did Susan say George was?

4. In "Four a.m. in the Woods," what did Carver realize?

5. Where did George first see the Ivory handled knife?

(see the answer keys)

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