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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do members of the community buy the bricks made by Booker's students?
(a) The community tries to help the school in every way possible.
(b) They are quality bricks, and there is no nearby competition.
(c) The bricks aren't of the best quality, but they are inexpensive.
(d) The bricks are far superior to what local competitors make.

2. Booker's night school at Hampton expands from twelve students to:
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Close to fifty.
(d) More than twenty.

3. All of Booker's students at Tuskegee are at least:
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Ten.

4. What did Lewis Adams learn while still in slavery?
(a) Reading, writing, shoemaking, harness making, and tinsmithing.
(b) Working with leather and metals.
(c) Reading, writing, dairy farming, cooking, and blacksmithing.
(d) Working with precious metals and semi-precious stones.

5. In the chapter "Boyhood Days," what does Booker say he does in order to get to school on time?
(a) Skips breakfast.
(b) Changes the clock at work.
(c) Runs the entire distance to school.
(d) Wakes up earlier than the rest of his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Booker sell his own watch to raise fifteen dollars?

2. What do the Hampton night school students do during the day?

3. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?

4. What happens when Booker and his students try to construct a kiln for baking bricks?

5. What do students learn to do on the property that Booker purchases for his school?

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