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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 did Carver's colleagues at Tuskagee describe Carver's accent?
(a) White.
(b) Brittish.
(c) Snooty.
(d) Rich.

2. How did Watkins meet Carver?
(a) He hired him at his laundromat.
(b) He took him as a boarder.
(c) He bought him as a slave.
(d) He was a student of his.

3. How many paintings of Carver's were displayed at the World Fair?
(a) 4.
(b) 9.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. How did Helen Winterset feel about Carver?
(a) She hated him.
(b) She adored him.
(c) She was worried about him.
(d) She was afraid of him.

5. What did the students' parents at Tuskagee do for a living?
(a) They were industry workers.
(b) They were slaves.
(c) They were plantation inheritors.
(d) They were farmers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What got scalded in "Dawn Walk"?

2. Why did Susan think her adopted children would always be hated?

3. What did Carver keep on his bedside table?

4. Who created the color Egyptian Blue?

5. In "Poultry Husbandry," how many classes was Carver teaching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What achievement did Carver accomplish in "A Charmed Life"?

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

3. What was Carver asked to do in "Called"?

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

5. In "Prayer of the Ivory-Handled Knife," where did George find the knife?

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

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

8. What happened in "The Perceiving Self"?

9. What offended the narrator of "Odalisque"?

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

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