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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. When did Watkins realize George was meant for greatness?
(a) When she read his writing.
(b) When she heard him read.
(c) When she saw him work so hard at school.
(d) When she saw him holding a flower.

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

3. Who did Carver hope to honor with his work in "Odalisque"?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) Black people.
(d) The professors at Tuskagee.

4. Who created the color Egyptian Blue?
(a) Manet.
(b) Carver.
(c) Michaelangelo.
(d) Monet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What confuses John Bentley about Susan Carver?

2. What is the name of Carver's brother?

3. How many paintings of Carver's were displayed at the World Fair?

4. What society in College did Carver organize?

5. In "Chemistry 101," where did Carver take his class?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What offended the narrator of "Odalisque"?

3. What was "Drifter" about?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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