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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. What did Carver keep on his bedside table?
(a) A Bible.
(b) Dried leaves.
(c) All of these.
(d) Books.

2. What religious group did Carver join in college?
(a) A Service Society.
(b) A hymn singing choir.
(c) A Bible Study Group.
(d) A prayer group.

3. What did Carver watch at night in "Veil-Raisers"?
(a) The lines of his face.
(b) Black couples walking.
(c) The stars.
(d) The trees in the wind.

4. How often did Carver's boss at Tuskegee want reports about his chickens?
(a) Daily.
(b) Weekly.
(c) Monthly.
(d) Bi-Weekly.

5. Which of these was NOT kept on Carver's bedside table?
(a) Notes.
(b) A photograph of his mother.
(c) A bill of sale.
(d) Seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Chicken-Talk," how many chickens were unaccounted for?

2. Who wanted the formula for Egyptian Blue?

3. Who did Carver see in "A Patriarch's Blessing"?

4. How did Carver feel about sewing?

5. Who hounded Carver for the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk"?

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