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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter to Mrs. Hardwick to Moton Field.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who narrated "Odalisque"?
(a) Carver.
(b) One of Carver's black colleages.
(c) Booker T. Washington.
(d) Marilyn Nelson.

2. What was Carver offered as a joke in "House of Ways and Means"?
(a) A cot.
(b) A watermelon.
(c) A new suit.
(d) A translator.

3. Whose perspective is "Out of 'Slaves' Ransom," from?
(a) John Bentley's.
(b) Moses Carver's.
(c) Susan Carver'y.
(d) Maria Bentley's.

4. What is new about the generation Carver taught at Tuskagee?
(a) They were the first slaves to be freed.
(b) They were the first educated generation of blacks.
(c) They were the first free generation.
(d) They were the first generation after the Civil War.

5. Who wanted the formula for Egyptian Blue?
(a) Paint companies.
(b) Toy makers.
(c) Art Institutes.
(d) Fabric Manufacturers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Carver show the government in "Out of the Fire"?

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

3. In "Called," what did Carver rattle on about?

4. Where did the people think the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk" had gone?

5. Why did Carver refuse to many assistants before Curtis came along?

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