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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. Where did George find the Ivory handled knife?
(a) The store.
(b) The garden.
(c) A church meeting.
(d) His mother's cupboard.

2. What amazed Pammel about Carver?
(a) The way he looked at the world.
(b) The way he fit in.
(c) The way he absorbed information.
(d) The way he got others to like him.

3. What did Miss Bud teach?
(a) History.
(b) Spelling.
(c) English.
(d) Art.

4. What was the Earth compared to in "Clay"?
(a) A stone foundation.
(b) All of these.
(c) A frescoed wall.
(d) A lump of clay.

5. In "Drifter," what was Carver on a quest for?
(a) Education.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Glory.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does "A Ship Without a Rudder" take place?

2. How did Helen Winterset feel about Carver?

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

4. What is new about the generation Carver taught at Tuskagee?

5. What did the homesteader in "Old Settlers' Reunion" say Geroge did in the fields?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened in "The Perceiving Self"?

5. What is "Cercospora" about?

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

7. What is Egyptian Blue?

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

9. In "Old Settlers' Reunion," what did the homesteader say was strange about Carver?

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

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