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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. Whose garden is described in "The Wild Garden"?
(a) Tuskegee's.
(b) Bridgeforth's.
(c) Washington's.
(d) Carver's.

2. How did "Arachis Hypogaea" get to America?
(a) It was smuggled by slaves.
(b) It was brought by the pilgrims.
(c) It was traded from India.
(d) It was dropped by sea faring birds.

3. What was Carver offered as a joke in "House of Ways and Means"?
(a) A watermelon.
(b) A cot.
(c) A new suit.
(d) A translator.

4. Why did Carver and Bridgeforth butt heads so much in "The New Rooster"?
(a) They were both brilliant.
(b) They went to the same school.
(c) They had opposite back grounds.
(d) Booker T. Washington had them compete.

5. Who did Carver pray for when the KKK marched against the Tuskegee hospital?
(a) The reporters.
(b) The black doctors.
(c) The black veterans.
(d) His friend in the Klan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Carver meet most of his boys in "Lovingly Sons"?

2. What did Carver refuse to do after Booker T. Washington's death?

3. Why did the person in "A Patriarch's Blessing" tell Carver not to pick the fruit?

4. What was heard from the airfield in "Moton Field"?

5. Where did black WWI veterans receive discrimination?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ol' John in "Chicken-Talk"?

2. What did Carver say about God in "The Wild Garden"?

3. What was "Moton Field" about?

4. What did most white nurses do in "Friends in the Klan"?

5. What is "Ruellia Noctiflora," and why was Carver so excited about it?

6. How did Carver die?

7. What is the "Arachis Hypogaea"?

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

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

10. In "Veil-Raisers," how did Carver see the continuation of his race?

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