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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who narrated "Odalisque"?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Carver.
(c) One of Carver's black colleages.
(d) Marilyn Nelson.

2. In "Cercospora," what did others say Carver should not trust?
(a) The faculty.
(b) White men.
(c) His parents.
(d) Himself.

3. What did Carver teach his assistants in "1905"?
(a) Germination fo Flowers.
(b) Poultry Farming.
(c) The Theory of Relativity.
(d) Fertilization.

4. Who defended Carver when a student tried to insult him?
(a) The faculty.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Other students.
(d) The janitors.

5. How many stillborn children did Carver's mother have?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Earth compared to in "Clay"?

2. What was the name of Carver's mother?

3. Who was Moses Carver?

4. Where did "Dawn Walk" take place?

5. In "Poultry Husbandry," how were Carver and his many tasks described?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Carver do in "Chemistry 101"?

2. In "The Prayer of Miss Budd," what was Miss Budd praying for?

3. What did Carver discover in "Four a.m. in the Woods"?

4. What was "Drifter" about?

5. In "Watkins Laundry and Apothecary," what did Carver say about a flower?

6. What did Carver do while courting Sarah?

7. In "Cafeteria Food," what did Carver say he could always count on?

8. What did Carver do for former slaves in "1905"?

9. In "Dawn Walk," why did Carver have such a hard time teaching the black students at Tuskagee?

10. What gave Carver hope in "Poultry Husbandry"?

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