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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After dining with two women in a train's dining section, Booker goes to the smoking car where he expects:
(a) To be berated by the men.
(b) To be asked to leave.
(c) To catch up on reading.
(d) To meet up with a friend.

2. Washington travels two thousand miles to give a five-minute speech to whom?
(a) A retired general.
(b) A women's group.
(c) The President of the U.S.
(d) A group of influential people.

3. Who dies at the end of Booker's second year at Hampton?
(a) His mother.
(b) His stepfather.
(c) A favorite teacher.
(d) His best friend.

4. Booker observes that during the Reconstruction Period, many who held public office were unable to do what after leaving office?
(a) Make trustworthy friends.
(b) Find work.
(c) Return to their communities.
(d) Hold another public office.

5. In the chapter "Raising Money," what is the outcome of the meeting Booker has with a man he had been told might be interested in donating to his school?
(a) The man explains he is no longer wealthy.
(b) The man cuts the meeting short and asks Booker to leave.
(c) The man donates a large sum.
(d) The man does not make a donation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say he learns about manual labor from Miss Mackie?

2. What university grants Booker an honorary degree?

3. As Booker prepares to speak at the expo in 1895, he feels the weight of responsibility because his audience consists of:

4. Although he is uncertain of the exact location of his birth, Booker T. Washington believes he was born near a:

5. When Booker is asked how his school can succeed with him gone so much, what does he reply?

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