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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the sign on Carver's workshop say in "God's Little Workshop"?
(a) Do not disturb.
(b) Will be back later.
(c) Busy. Move on.
(d) Enter at your own risk.

2. In "The Wild Garden," what did Carver say men could have a balanced diet of?
(a) Bread and water.
(b) Flowers and bulbs.
(c) Wild vegetables.
(d) Fruits.

3. What honor is Carver given in "Out of the Fire"?
(a) He is named head of the Tuskegee Institute.
(b) He is named a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.
(c) He is asked to serve on the President's Cabinet.
(d) He is given inheritance from Booker T. Washington.

4. Why did the person in "A Patriarch's Blessing" tell Carver not to pick the fruit?
(a) It was poisoned.
(b) All of these.
(c) It wasn't meant for him.
(d) It wasn't ripe yet.

5. In "Last Talks with Jim Hardwick," what did Carver and Harwick talk mostly about?
(a) Nature.
(b) God.
(c) Science.
(d) Death.

6. Where did black WWI veterans receive discrimination?
(a) Government buildings.
(b) Hospitals.
(c) War monuments.
(d) Clinics.

7. Who was Carver told he shamed in "Eureka"?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His Alma Mater.
(d) Tuskegee.

8. What caused "The Year of the Sky-Smear"?
(a) A large fire.
(b) An eclipse.
(c) A plane crash.
(d) A comet.

9. In "Professor Carver's Bible Class" how did the students view God?
(a) As a changing deity.
(b) As a dreamy mist person.
(c) As a white man.
(d) As a black man.

10. What did Carver show the government in "Out of the Fire"?
(a) How to burn stubbled fields.
(b) How to fertilize fields.
(c) How to dehydrate food.
(d) How to use peanuts.

11. What did Carver say WWI taught him in "House of Ways and Means"?
(a) To accept criticism.
(b) To be kind to allies.
(c) To go without dessert.
(d) To be respectful.

12. In "Veil-Raisers," who did Booker t. Washington write notes to?
(a) All of these.
(b) Philanthropists.
(c) Family members.
(d) Faculty members.

13. What is the "Arachis Hypogaea"?
(a) A shrub.
(b) A vine.
(c) A tree.
(d) A flower.

14. In "Veil-Raisers," what did Carver write in his room at night?
(a) Book reviews.
(b) Poems.
(c) Lesson plans.
(d) Journal entries.

15. What did Washington give Carver after the big debate in "The New Rooster"?
(a) A studio.
(b) The poultry yard.
(c) The barn.
(d) A lab.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The New Rooster," what did Bridgeforth want to become?

2. In "The Penol Cures," what cured a disease?

3. In "The Joy of Sewing," what did Carver like about the finished sewing projects?

4. Why was a student doubting God in "Goliath"?

5. Why did Carver and Bridgeforth butt heads so much in "The New Rooster"?

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