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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booker explains that some girls who had worked as laundresses went to school for six to eight years and came out not wanting to do laundry but wanting:
(a) To marry educated men.
(b) To make a difference in the world.
(c) Their own servants, cooks, and laundresses.
(d) Better clothes and other possessions.

2. When Booker decides to go to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, how does his community help him?
(a) Writing letters of recommendation.
(b) Giving him small donations.
(c) Offering transportation.
(d) Buying him a few school supplies.

3. Among the unnecessary excesses that he describes for the families of Tuskegee living in poverty, what does Booker include?
(a) Serving guests an elaborate meal when a simple one will do.
(b) Owning an expensive organ that is rarely played.
(c) Owning books when they can be borrowed from the library instead.
(d) Buying expensive silk ties and dresses that are rarely worn.

4. When he arrives at the school he's overseeing in Tuskegee, what does Booker find?
(a) The wrong textbooks have been ordered.
(b) There is a severe shortage of teachers.
(c) A large facility with very few students.
(d) No accommodations and plenty of anxious students.

5. What does Booker nickname the night school he teaches at Hampton?
(a) The Plucky Class.
(b) The Brave Scholars.
(c) The Midnight Crowd.
(d) The Night Owls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the blacks at Hampton agree to room with Indians?

2. As he travels to Hampton, the author arrives in Richmond, Virginia, flat broke and spends the night where?

3. When Booker is hired as a waiter at a classy restaurant, who chastises him, and why?

4. When speaking about other students at Hampton, Booker notes that:

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

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