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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Patriarch's Blessing to The Year of the Sky-Smear.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many acres did the homesteader in "Old Settlers' Reunion" own?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 300.
(d) 400.

2. What was "The Last Rose of Summer" about?
(a) Painting.
(b) Writing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

3. What stuck out of the students' shoes in "Dawn Walk"?
(a) Their toes.
(b) The whale boning.
(c) The steel toes.
(d) Their socks.

4. Where did a student try to insult Carver?
(a) The classroom.
(b) The courtyard.
(c) The dorms.
(d) The Cafeteria.

5. Where did the people think the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk" had gone?
(a) John had freed them.
(b) Children had sniped them.
(c) Carver had sold them.
(d) Foxes had eaten them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chemistry 101," where did Carver take his class?

2. Who narrated "Odalisque"?

3. How often did Carver's boss at Tuskegee want reports about his chickens?

4. How many paintings of Carver's were displayed at the World Fair?

5. Why was a family sitting on the train tracks in "Coincidence"?

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