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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. How many acres did the homesteader in "Old Settlers' Reunion" own?
(a) 100.
(b) 400.
(c) 300.
(d) 200.

2. Where did George first see the Ivory handled knife?
(a) A dream.
(b) The garden.
(c) A church meeting.
(d) The store.

3. What was Pammel's occupation?
(a) Surgeon.
(b) Boarder.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Professor.

4. What is an invertebrate?
(a) An armored reptile.
(b) A sea creature.
(c) A kind of worm.
(d) A creature with no back bone.

5. What confuses John Bentley about Susan Carver?
(a) She is afraid of black people.
(b) She doesn't own property.
(c) She cares about a black child.
(d) She forgives Susan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did "The Perceiving Self" take place?

2. What amazed Pammel about Carver?

3. What did Carver write for his College class?

4. What was "The Last Rose of Summer" about?

5. What did Pammel say Carver did to other people?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Carver embarrass someone in "The Nervous System of the Beetle"?

2. What was "Drifter" about?

3. In "A Ship Without a Rudder," how did Helen help Carver?

4. In "Washboard Wizard," why was Carver not going to college?

5. What was "My People" about?

6. In "Washboard Wizard," what was Carver good at?

7. In "The Last Rose of Summer," what did Carver say led to his piano lessons?

8. What did Carver do while courting Sarah?

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

10. What made Carver so well-liked in college?

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