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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 Jim Hardwick live?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Virginia.

2. What gift did Carver give to the man who dedicated the George Washington Carver Museum?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A box of minerals.
(c) A text book.
(d) A billfold.

3. When did "The Lace-Maker" do the sewing?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Every night.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.

4. In "The Penol Cures," what cured a disease?
(a) Rose oil.
(b) Peanut oil.
(c) Castor oil.
(d) Lavender oil.

5. What was interesting to Carver about the black pilot in "Moton Field"?
(a) It was amazing his skill.
(b) It was as high as a black man had been.
(c) It was a new right.
(d) It was scary to think he would fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carver say WWI taught him in "House of Ways and Means"?

2. Where did Carver try to sleep in "A Patriarch's Blessing"?

3. In "Veil-Raisers," who did Booker t. Washington write notes to?

4. In "The Penol Cures," what disease was cured?

5. Why did Carver call Curtis "Baby Carver"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Joy of Sewing," what caused people to laugh at Carver, and how did he respond to this?

2. In "God's Little Workshop," what was Carver busy doing?

3. What was "The Dimensions of the Milky Way" about?

4. How did Carver honor Ford in "Mineralogy"?

5. What was Carver criticized for in "Eureka"?

6. What was "Moton Field" about?

7. What came of the experiments in "The Penol Cures"?

8. How and when did Carver learn about Moses's death?

9. What is the "Arachis Hypogaea"?

10. What is "The Lace-Maker" about?

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