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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 did Carver feel about sewing?
(a) He saw it as a challenge.
(b) He saw it as a weak spot.
(c) He loved it.
(d) He hated it.

2. What caused Carver to laugh in "The Nervous System of the Beetle"?
(a) A teacher gets confused.
(b) Someone said a beetle had a backbone.
(c) Someone called him an invertebrate.
(d) A textbook was mislabeled.

3. In "Called," what did Carver rattle on about?
(a) Equality.
(b) Plantations.
(c) Education.
(d) Agriculture.

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

5. Why was a family sitting on the train tracks in "Coincidence"?
(a) To slow the train.
(b) To commit suicide.
(c) To send a message.
(d) To get a ride on the train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tone was "My People" written in?

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

3. In "The Joy of Sewing," what did Carver like about the finished sewing projects?

4. What amazed Pammel about Carver?

5. What did Pammel say Carver did to other people?

(see the answer key)

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