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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 feels that some individuals were not served well enough by their education and that, in the end, their desires increased but:
(a) Their ability to meet these desires did not increase.
(b) Their living conditions deteriorated.
(c) Their dreams were shattered.
(d) Their willingness to work for what they desired was lacking.

2. What are the names of Booker's two sons?
(a) Booker and Ernest.
(b) Jonathan and Edward.
(c) Elias and Jacob.
(d) Lewis and Edison.

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

4. What happens to Booker's second wife?
(a) She is kidnapped.
(b) She leaves him.
(c) She drowns.
(d) She dies young.

5. 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) Hold another public office.
(c) Return to their communities.
(d) Find work.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Reconstruction Period refers to the:

2. Before giving his speech at the 1895 expo, Booker does what?

3. When Booker speaks of the Christmas season, what is his complaint?

4. Booker states that many former slaves wanted to:

5. The author states that those earning seventy-five or a hundred dollars a month were:

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