Carver: A Life in Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Carver: A Life in Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused "The Year of the Sky-Smear"?
(a) A plane crash.
(b) A comet.
(c) An eclipse.
(d) A large fire.

2. Who did the person in "My Beloved Friend" embody?
(a) The Pope.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Christ.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

3. What did Carver refuse to do after Booker T. Washington's death?
(a) Teach.
(b) Leave his room.
(c) Go to labs.
(d) All of these.

4. Whose garden is described in "The Wild Garden"?
(a) Bridgeforth's.
(b) Tuskegee's.
(c) Washington's.
(d) Carver's.

5. What was different about Hardwick from all of Carver's other boys?
(a) He was white.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was younger.
(d) He was older.

6. What did the person in "My Beloved Friend" dispel?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Evil.
(c) Love.
(d) Lust.

7. What kind of jacket did Carver wear in "Ruellia Noctiflora"?
(a) Leather.
(b) Tweed.
(c) Velvet.
(d) Brocade.

8. What gift did Carver give to the man who dedicated the George Washington Carver Museum?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A text book.
(c) A box of minerals.
(d) A billfold.

9. What did Carver show the government in "Out of the Fire"?
(a) How to dehydrate food.
(b) How to burn stubbled fields.
(c) How to use peanuts.
(d) How to fertilize fields.

10. Why did Carver and Bridgeforth butt heads so much in "The New Rooster"?
(a) Booker T. Washington had them compete.
(b) They were both brilliant.
(c) They went to the same school.
(d) They had opposite back grounds.

11. What was interesting to Carver about the black pilot in "Moton Field"?
(a) It was scary to think he would fall.
(b) It was a new right.
(c) It was as high as a black man had been.
(d) It was amazing his skill.

12. What form was "My Dear Spiritual Boy" written in?
(a) An article.
(b) A letter.
(c) A song.
(d) A journal entry.

13. Who hounded Carver for the unaccounted for chickens in "Chicken-Talk"?
(a) Booker T. Washington.
(b) Moses.
(c) Jim.
(d) Harvey.

14. In "Veil-Raisers," who did Booker t. Washington write notes to?
(a) Family members.
(b) All of these.
(c) Philanthropists.
(d) Faculty members.

15. Who did Carver say caused weeds in "The Wild Garden"?
(a) Men.
(b) Mother Nature.
(c) God.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jim Hardwick live?

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

3. Who did Carver write to about Curtis?

4. When did "The Lace-Maker" do the sewing?

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

(see the answer keys)

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