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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was the George Washington Carver Museum placed?
(a) At Tuskegee.
(b) At the University of Chicago.
(c) By the Smithsonian.
(d) In New York.

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

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

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

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

7. What did Carver wear in "The Joy of Sewing" that made people laugh at him?
(a) Red shirts.
(b) Second hand suits.
(c) Fused lapels.
(d) Aprons.

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

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

10. What was different about Hardwick from all of Carver's other boys?
(a) He was white.
(b) He was younger.
(c) He was older.
(d) He was poor.

11. Where did Carver say God lived in "Professor Carver's Bible Class"?
(a) In Heaven.
(b) In our minds.
(c) Within us.
(d) In nature.

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

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

14. Where was "Ruellia Noctiflora" found by Carver?
(a) A greenhouse.
(b) His garden.
(c) The woods.
(d) A street corner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Last Talks with Jim Hardwick," what did Carver call nature?

2. What is "Ruellia Noctiflora"?

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

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

5. Who did Carver see in "A Patriarch's Blessing"?

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