Carver: A Life in Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Carver: A Life in Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of jacket did Carver wear in "Ruellia Noctiflora"?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Brocade.
(c) Tweed.
(d) Leather.

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

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

4. Where did Jim Hardwick live?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Georgia.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

5. What was interesting to Carver about the black pilot in "Moton Field"?
(a) It was as high as a black man had been.
(b) It was scary to think he would fall.
(c) It was amazing his skill.
(d) It was a new right.

6. Where did Booker T. Washington die?
(a) The hospital.
(b) His classroom.
(c) His office.
(d) His bed.

7. What did Carver put in someone's pocket in "Driving Mr. Carver"?
(a) A thorny rose.
(b) A burr.
(c) A snake.
(d) A toad.

8. In "Last Talks with Jim Hardwick," what did Carver belive would happen when he died?
(a) He would haunt Tuskegee.
(b) He would go to Heaven.
(c) He would go to another Earth.
(d) He would be reincarnated.

9. Who did Carver pray for when the KKK marched against the Tuskegee hospital?
(a) The reporters.
(b) His friend in the Klan.
(c) The black veterans.
(d) The black doctors.

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

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

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

13. Who was "My Beloved Friend" written to?
(a) Hardwick.
(b) Ford.
(c) Washington.
(d) Carver.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Penol Cures," what disease was cured?

2. Why did Carver call Curtis "Baby Carver"?

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

4. In "Driving Mr. Carver," who did Zissler and Carver drive with?

5. In "Letter to Mrs. Hardwick," what was Carver so surprised about?

(see the answer keys)

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