George W. Carver

After reading this book, one can tell that GWC was

• not interested in helping others
• someone who gave up easily
• creative and hardworking
• angry and upset about many things

When he grew up, GWC became a professor, which is  

• a person who raises livestock
• a college or university teacher
• a farmer who works on land owned by others
• a person who creates, designs, or builds something

Which  sentence helps readers know that word spread about what GWC knew about farming? 

• Carver went to Alabama to help the poor farmers there. 
• Carver thought that people should care for the Earth. 
•  Carver believed that people should treat each other with respect. 
•  Carver was asked to speak for 10 minutes before the U.S. Congress. 

Which of the following sentences tells about a problem?

•  These new products meant new items for some farmers to sell. 
• Planting sweet potatoes or peanuts in the fields helped the soil.
• Professor Carver taught farmers to add dead leaves to the soil.
• Each year the crop was smaller, and the farmers were poorer. 

Which of the following is an example of something GWC accomplished?

• He spoke to the country's lawmakers and asked them to help peanut farmers.
• He taught poor farmers to plant different crops.
• He became the first black professor at his college.
• All of the above

What happened next after GWC was not allowed to stay at a college because he was black?

• He finished high school.
• He went to a different college.
• Susan taught him to read and write.
• He became a famous speaker.

Which of the following tells what it means to invent something?

• to farm and raise livestock
• to teach in a large college
• to create, design, or build something that did not exist before
• to work on land owned by other

Which sentence shows the influence GWC had on the world?

• When he was twelve, he left home to go to another school.
• He won the respect of a whole country.
• When GWC got to the college, he was not allowed to stay.
• More than anything, he liked to garden and explore the world outside.

Which of the following happened after GWC spoke for his full ten minutes in front of the U.S. Congress?

• When his 10 minutes were up, they asked him to speak more.
• He went to Alabama to help the poor farmers there.
• He invented up to 300 uses for the peanut.
• Some of the members laughed and made fun of him.

Which of the following is an opinion about GWC?

• Carver was a very interesting man.
• Carver believed that people should care for the Earth.
• Carver believed that people should treat each other with respect.
• Carver spent a lot of time helping poor farmers.