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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Reconstruction Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Booker T. Washington get his last name?
(a) The county clerk selects it and writes it on his birth certificate.
(b) His father gives it to him.
(c) He selects it when he starts school.
(d) It belonged to his great-grandfather.

2. As a young boy, one of Booker's jobs is what?
(a) None of these is correct.
(b) Carrying corn to the mill.
(c) Taking wheat to the silo.
(d) Painting fences.

3. What does the author say he learns about manual labor from Miss Mackie?
(a) It should be done quietly and discreetly.
(b) It's better to pay someone else to do it.
(c) Shortcuts for doing the job faster.
(d) It has its rewards and is nothing to be ashamed of.

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

5. Booker says that even as a very young child, most of his time is spent:
(a) Studying.
(b) Working.
(c) Singing.
(d) Playing.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, Booker lives in a cabin that also serves as:

2. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?

3. When Booker wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?

4. Shortly after acquiring their freedom, where does the author's family move to?

5. Booker feels that some individuals were not served well enough by their education and that, in the end, their desires increased but:

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