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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 keep in touch with his boys in "Lovingly Sons"?
(a) They had annual reunion.
(b) They made phone calls.
(c) They sent letters.
(d) They sent telegrams.

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

3. What did Carver show the government in "Out of the Fire"?
(a) How to dehydrate food.
(b) How to burn stubbled fields.
(c) How to use peanuts.
(d) How to fertilize fields.

4. What did Carver say would destroy a person in "Goliath"?
(a) Hate.
(b) Fear.
(c) Doubt.
(d) All of these.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was different about Hardwick from all of Carver's other boys?

2. What did Carver wear in "The Joy of Sewing" that made people laugh at him?

3. How did Carver feel about sewing?

4. In "God's Little Workshop," what did Carver call his miracle?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Carver die?

3. What were all the honors Carver received in "Out of the Fire"?

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

5. What were some of the things Carver did while in the car in "Driving Mr. Carver"?

6. How did Carver respond to the death of Booker T. Washington?

7. What caused a student to doubt God in "Goliath"?

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

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

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

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