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Up from Slavery | Quiz

Booker T. Washington
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1)

What does Booker nickname the night school he teaches at Hampton? (from Black Race and Red Race)

The Brave Scholars.
The Midnight Crowd.
The Night Owls.
The Plucky Class.
2)

When money is raised for Booker and his wife to travel to Europe, the author feels what? (from Europe)

Excited about seeing Europe.
Guilty at vacationing while others work.
Relieved that he finally gets a vacation.
Thankful because his wife deserves a break.
3)

In June of 1881, Booker is hired to oversee what kind of school in Tuskegee? (from Early Days at Tuskegee)

A "normal school," which is a school that trains teachers.
A "one-room school," where different grade levels are taught in one class.
A religious school for seminary students.
A boarding school for pre-med students.
4)

Why do the blacks at Hampton agree to room with Indians? (from Black Race and Red Race)

So that both groups can learn new concepts from each other.
To express their gratitude for the work the Indians are doing at the school.
To protect the Indians from the outside world.
To help the Indians learn English and societal norms.
5)

Among the unnecessary excesses that he describes for the families of Tuskegee living in poverty, what does Booker include? (from Early Days at Tuskegee)

Owning books when they can be borrowed from the library instead.
Serving guests an elaborate meal when a simple one will do.
Owning an expensive organ that is rarely played.
Buying expensive silk ties and dresses that are rarely worn.
6)

Booker remarks that too many people use the Christmas season as: (from Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights)

A time to complain to relatives and employers.
An excuse to ignore work and drink excessively.
A time to overindulge in rich foods.
A holiday for bribing teachers with gifts.
7)

What does Booker's third wife do at Tuskegee? (from Europe)

She is a teacher and musician.
She is head cook.
She is director of the girls' dormitory.
She is a teacher and lady principal.
8)

Booker visits Washington, D.C. to ask the U.S. President to do what? (from Last Words)

Ease racial tensions.
Create a government post to oversee education.
Visit Tuskegee Institute.
Provide Tuskegee Institute with a grant for expansion.
9)

Booker explains that many Tuskegee families offered gifts to help out his school. Which gift touched him the most? (from Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen House)

An accordion offered by a blind man.
A chicken offered by an older man.
Two pennies offered by a child.
Six eggs offered by an older woman.
10)

When he arrives at the school he's overseeing in Tuskegee, what does Booker find? (from Early Days at Tuskegee)

There is a severe shortage of teachers.
The wrong textbooks have been ordered.
No accommodations and plenty of anxious students.
A large facility with very few students.
11)

Regarding the people that Booker approaches to support Tuskegee Institute, he notes that: (from Raising Money)

Few actually offer funds.
Most are uninterested.
Most try to find a polite way to get out of helping.
Most consider him to be doing "our work."
12)

When Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate: (from Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights)

Six thousand dollars a year.
Half of their inheritance.
Four hundred dollars a month.
Twenty cents of every dollar they earn.
13)

Booker feels that the people of Tuskegee should be using part of their land for what? (from Early Days at Tuskegee)

Raising chickens and geese.
Growing vegetables.
Planting trees.
Raising dairy cows.
14)

What are the names of Booker's two sons? (from Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech)

Booker and Ernest.
Elias and Jacob.
Lewis and Edison.
Jonathan and Edward.
15)

When Booker travels with a young Indian boy who is ill, how are they treated by outsiders? (from Black Race and Red Race)

They are rejected by everyone they seek help from.
They are welcomed by everyone they seek help from.
Booker is accepted into establishments that the boy is not allowed to enter.
The boy is accepted into establishments that Booker is not allowed to enter.
16)

What does Booker T. Washington say that General Armstrong teaches him about racial prejudice? (from Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them)

It's a waste of time and energy.
With much effort, it can be overcome.
It's a sin.
It's unavoidable.
17)

What happens to Booker's second wife? (from Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech)

She dies young.
She is kidnapped.
She leaves him.
She drowns.
18)

Why does Booker sell his own watch to raise fifteen dollars? (from A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw)

To treat his students to lunch.
To pay for patching up the school roof.
To help fund his students' brick-building efforts.
To cover a portion of a student's tuition.
19)

According to Washington, what group makes the best audience? (from The Secret of Success in Public Speaking)

Farmers.
Businessmen.
Teachers.
Politicians.
20)

What university grants Booker an honorary degree? (from Last Words)

Purdue.
Harvard.
Stanford.
Yale.
21)

In order to repay debts Booker's school has accumulated, his co-teacher holds what type of fundraisers? (from Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen House)

Bake sales.
Reading marathons.
Rummage sales.
Festivals.
22)

What does Booker say about the way that Southerners treat him? (from Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them)

They never insult him.
They treat him poorly.
They treat him like royalty.
They are indifferent to him.
23)

How does a mill owner help the Tuskegee Institute? (from Anxious Days and Sleepless Nights)

Offering apprenticeships to several of the students.
Making a very large monetary donation.
Providing lumber for a large central building.
Building new desks for the students.
24)

What does Booker say happens when a student defaces property at the Tuskegee school? (from Making Their Beds Before They Could Lie On Them)

The student must repair or pay for the damages.
The student is expelled for a week.
Another student chastises the action.
Teachers lower the student's grade.
25)

At Hampton, the blacks and the Indians: (from Black Race and Red Race)

Get along well.
Do not understand one another.
Rarely interact with each other.
Form a "cultural awareness" club.
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