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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. Where did Carver live in "Washboard Wizard"?

2. What did Carver teach former slaves about in "1905"?

3. What was Pammel's occupation?

4. What is the name of Carver's brother?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gave Carver hope in "Poultry Husbandry"?

3. What confuses Carver so much in "Coincidence"?

4. What is "Cercospora" about?

5. What happened in "The Perceiving Self"?

6. In "The Prayer of Miss Budd," what was Miss Budd praying for?

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

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

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

10. What was "Drifter" about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many people in this book are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these people, and how did their sacrifices affect the other people around them? Were these sacrifices worth the reward?

Essay Topic 2

How was Carver's upbringing unique for the time, and how did he respond to this?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was an emotion that affected a number of the people in this book. Which characters were most affected by despair, and how did this change the course of the plot branches they were involved in?

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