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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through My Dear Spiritual Boy to The Penol Cures.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of doctor did Susan say George was?
(a) Plant doctor.
(b) Tree doctor.
(c) Friendship doctor.
(d) Spiritual doctor.

3. In "The Wild Garden," what did Carver say about God's creations?
(a) Nobody understands them all.
(b) All of these.
(c) All is for man's good.
(d) Nothing goes to waste.

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

5. In "Cercospora," what did others say Carver should not trust?
(a) White men.
(b) The faculty.
(c) Himself.
(d) His parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carver name one of the chickens in "Poultry Husbandry"?

2. Where did "The Perceiving Self" take place?

3. Why did the person in "A Patriarch's Blessing" tell Carver not to pick the fruit?

4. In "God's Little Workshop," what did Carver call his miracle?

5. Who wanted the formula for Egyptian Blue?

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