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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Carver refuse to do after Booker T. Washington's death?
(a) All of these.
(b) Teach.
(c) Go to labs.
(d) Leave his room.

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

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

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

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

6. When was "The Year of the Sky-Smear"?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1905.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did black WWI veterans receive discrimination?

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

3. What was Curtis's first name?

4. How did "Arachis Hypogaea" get to America?

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

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