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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Thousand Miles for a Five-Minute Speech.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booker notes that when it comes to giving money to his Tuskegee school, some people:
(a) Would rather spend it on their families.
(b) Give more often and more generously.
(c) Bring meals instead.
(d) Give more than they can possibly afford.

2. Booker states that many former slaves wanted to:
(a) Hold public office.
(b) Become attorneys.
(c) Move to New York.
(d) Move to another country.

3. 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) Their own servants, cooks, and laundresses.
(c) To make a difference in the world.
(d) Better clothes and other possessions.

4. What does Booker state about the attitude of his Tuskegee students against manual labor?
(a) It begins to change.
(b) It is counterproductive.
(c) It is perfectly understandable.
(d) It doesn't change at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:

2. What are the names of Booker's two sons?

3. When Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate:

4. In the author's view, how would the freed slaves have been better served?

5. "Porter Hall" at Tuskegee Institute is named after whom?

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