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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who told DuBois of the school where he ended up teaching?
(a) Josie.
(b) Uncle Bird.
(c) Thenie.
(d) Colonel Wheeler.

2. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?
(a) Weekly.
(b) Rarely.
(c) Daily.
(d) Monthly.

3. What problem are the black farmers up against, that was not a problem during slavery?
(a) Lack of police.
(b) Rising prices for cotton.
(c) Lynching.
(d) Soil exhaustion.

4. How does DuBois characterize the Burkes’ home, when he returns to their area?
(a) Much improved.
(b) Shoddy and failing.
(c) Rough but prosperous.
(d) Same as it was.

5. What kind of pall hangs over the land of West Dougherty County?
(a) Despair.
(b) Debt.
(c) Violence.
(d) Absentee landlords.

Short Answer Questions

1. What period does DuBois’ history cover, in Chapter 2?

2. How does DuBois characterize the Freedmen’s Bureau’s role in assisting the blacks in the South?

3. When were the slaves emancipated in the U.S.?

4. Which was NOT one of the parties DuBois broke Southern society into, after the Civil War?

5. What was Ben Butler’s solution to the escaped slaves showing up in his camp?

(see the answer key)

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