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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What honor is Carver given in "Out of the Fire"?
(a) He is named a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts.
(b) He is given inheritance from Booker T. Washington.
(c) He is named head of the Tuskegee Institute.
(d) He is asked to serve on the President's Cabinet.

2. Who was "The Lace-Maker"?
(a) Carver.
(b) Susan Jensen.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Booker T. Washington.

3. When was "The Year of the Sky-Smear"?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1905.

4. What was different about the hospital at Tuskegee?
(a) It was free.
(b) It was for all veterans.
(c) It had white nurses and black doctors.
(d) It was only for blacks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Carver tell his students to defeat their own "Goliath"?

2. What is "Ruellia Noctiflora"?

3. What did the sign on Carver's workshop say in "God's Little Workshop"?

4. How did Carver keep in touch with his boys in "Lovingly Sons"?

5. Who did the person in "My Beloved Friend" embody?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Carver respond to the death of Booker T. Washington?

2. What did Carver say about God in "The Wild Garden"?

3. What was Carver's view of God in "Professor Carver's Bible Class"?

4. What did most white nurses do in "Friends in the Klan"?

5. In "The Joy of Sewing," what caused people to laugh at Carver, and how did he respond to this?

6. What were all the honors Carver received in "Out of the Fire"?

7. What is "The Lace-Maker" about?

8. Why did Carver write to Mrs. Hardwick?

9. What is the "Arachis Hypogaea"?

10. How and when did Carver learn about Moses's death?

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