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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Carver keep in touch with his boys in "Lovingly Sons"?
(a) They had annual reunion.
(b) They made phone calls.
(c) They sent letters.
(d) They sent telegrams.

2. What did Carver watch at night in "Veil-Raisers"?
(a) The lines of his face.
(b) The trees in the wind.
(c) The stars.
(d) Black couples walking.

3. When did "The Lace-Maker" do the sewing?
(a) Thursday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Every night.

4. What was different about the hospital at Tuskegee?
(a) It had white nurses and black doctors.
(b) It was for all veterans.
(c) It was free.
(d) It was only for blacks.

5. In "The New Rooster," what did Bridgeforth want to become?
(a) A principal.
(b) A plantation owner.
(c) A business owner.
(d) A professor.

6. Who hounded Carver for the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk"?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Booker T. Washington.
(c) Moses.
(d) Jim.

7. In "Driving Mr. Carver," who did Zissler and Carver drive with?
(a) Ford.
(b) Bridgeworth.
(c) Hardwick.
(d) Roosevelt.

8. Where did the people think the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk" had gone?
(a) Children had sniped them.
(b) John had freed them.
(c) Foxes had eaten them.
(d) Carver had sold them.

9. In "Lovingly Sons," who are Carver's boys?
(a) His students.
(b) His cousins.
(c) His church youth.
(d) His nephews.

10. Why did Carver refuse to many assistants before Curtis came along?
(a) All of these.
(b) He was afraid of plagiarism.
(c) He liked working alone.
(d) They were not bright enough to work with him.

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

12. How did Carver tell his students to defeat their own "Goliath"?
(a) By spreading universal good.
(b) By educating themselves.
(c) By ignoring the bad things in the world.
(d) By turning the other cheek.

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

14. What did the person in "My Beloved Friend" dispel?
(a) Love.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Evil.
(d) Lust.

15. In "House of Ways and Means" what did Carver want a protective tariff for?
(a) Birch seeds.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Peanuts.
(d) Cashews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carver like to do while riding in "Driving Mr. Carver"?

2. Where did Carver meet most of his boys in "Lovingly Sons"?

3. In "Letter to Mrs. Hardwick," what relation did Carver say he would never have?

4. Who did Carver write to about Curtis?

5. In "Chicken-Talk," how many chickens were unaccounted for?

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