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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused Carver to laugh in "The Nervous System of the Beetle"?

2. What did Carver teach former slaves about in "1905"?

3. What did the students' parents at Tuskagee do for a living?

4. What did Carver teach his assistants in "1905"?

5. What was the Earth compared to in "Clay"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Washboard Wizard," what was Carver good at?

2. What was "My People" about?

3. What happened in "The Perceiving Self"?

4. In "From an Alabama Farmer," what is Carver thanked for?

5. What offended the narrator of "Odalisque"?

6. What did Mary Carver's bill of sale say in "Beside Reading"?

7. What did Pammel say Carver did for others in "Green-Thumb Boy," and why was this so strange at this time?

8. What is "Cercospora" about?

9. What did Carver do for former slaves in "1905"?

10. What gave Carver hope in "Poultry Husbandry"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was Carver's upbringing unique for the time, and how did he respond to this?

Essay Topic 2

Many people in this book are forced to sacrifice much in order to obtain their goals. Who are some of these people, and how did their sacrifices affect the other people around them? Were these sacrifices worth the reward?

Essay Topic 3

How did Carver differ from most of the people around him, and how did he deal with these differences?

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