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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was a student doubting God in "Goliath"?
(a) An orphanage burned down.
(b) A black man was lynched.
(c) His mother died.
(d) He was mugged and beat.

5. What was Carver criticized for in "Eureka"?
(a) Not having children.
(b) Basing his work on inspiration.
(c) Turning his back on the black community.
(d) Sharing too much of his experiment before it was completed.

6. Whose garden is described in "The Wild Garden"?
(a) Washington's.
(b) Carver's.
(c) Tuskegee's.
(d) Bridgeforth's.

7. Who did Carver write to about Curtis?
(a) Curtis's brother.
(b) Curtis's father.
(c) Curtis's wife.
(d) Curtis's employer.

8. What kind of patient did Carver refuse to treat in "The Penol Cures"?
(a) An old one.
(b) A mean one.
(c) An infant.
(d) A white one.

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

10. 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 only for blacks.
(d) It was free.

11. What did Hardwick do for Carver?
(a) Restored his faith in humanity.
(b) Inspired him to move.
(c) Reminded him of virtue.
(d) Helped him feel alive.

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

13. Why did Carver and Bridgeforth butt heads so much in "The New Rooster"?
(a) They went to the same school.
(b) They were both brilliant.
(c) Booker T. Washington had them compete.
(d) They had opposite back grounds.

14. Who did Carver say caused weeds in "The Wild Garden"?
(a) God.
(b) Men.
(c) Mother Nature.
(d) The devil.

15. What form was "My Dear Spiritual Boy" written in?
(a) An article.
(b) A song.
(c) A journal entry.
(d) A letter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Carver say WWI taught him in "House of Ways and Means"?

3. What did Carver show the government in "Out of the Fire"?

4. What did Washington give Bridgeforth after the big debate in "The New Rooster"?

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

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