A Weed is a Flower

What negative things does George Washington Carver have against him when he is a baby?

• sick and weak

• very small

• his dad just died

• all of these things

What did George devote his whole life to?

• planting cotton

• going to school

• helping people

• raising his family

When was George born?

• 1850 in Missouri

• 1850 in Mississippi

• 1860 in Missouri

• 1860 in Montana

When George was a baby, what happened to him and his mom?

• They became free and no longer slaves.

• They were taken away by mean people.

• They had to move to another home.

• None of the above.

What did his neighbors call George? 

• Medicine Man

• Peanut Man

• Plant Doctor

• Doctor Know

George wanted to go to school, but had to go away to find a school that he could go to.  How old was he when he started this adventure?

• 16

• 20

• 21

• 10

When he was thirty, one of his dreams came true.  What happened?

• He bought land and started growing peanuts.

• He went to Iowa and attended college.

• He became an artist and traveled the country.

• All of these things came true.

Where did George teach college?

• Alabama

• Chapel Hill

• Tuskegee Institute

• Texas A&M

What were the two most important crops in Alabama?

• corn and cotton

• cotton and potatoes

• sweet potatoes and peanuts

• peanuts and cotton

What can you say about George Washington Carver?

• He was lazy and didn't care about people.

• He was determined to make a lot of money.

• He had a passion to help others.

• All of the above