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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Miss Bud describe Carver's work?

2. In "Cercospora," what did others say Carver should not trust?

3. Who created the color Egyptian Blue?

4. How did Jim die?

5. What stuck out of the students' shoes in "Dawn Walk"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Carver asked to do in "Called"?

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

3. In "Dawn Walk," why did Carver have such a hard time teaching the black students at Tuskagee?

4. What did Pammel say Carver did for others in "Green-Thumb Boy," and why was this so strange at this time?

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

6. What did Carver say there was beauty in in "Clay"?

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

8. What did Mary Carver's bill of sale say in "Beside Reading"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Diversity and discrimination were two major and related themes in this book. Where did these themes appear, and how did they work together to propel the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

The separation of classes was quite a significant theme in this book. What were these classes, and how did this separation affect the characters belonging to them?

Essay Topic 3

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

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