1. Booker points out that those who can't offer his Tuskegee school monetary donations instead offer:
(a) Family heirlooms.
(b) Home-cooked meals.
(c) Advice.
(d) Their time.

2. As Booker prepares to speak at the expo in 1895, he feels the weight of responsibility because his audience consists of:
(a) Politicians and other influential policy makers.
(b) Wealthy potential donors.
(c) Fellow educators.
(d) Northerners, Southerners, blacks, and whites.

3. Booker notes that many blacks of his era wanted to learn what two languages?
(a) Spanish and French.
(b) French and Latin.
(c) Latin and Greek.
(d) Greek and Spanish.

4. Who is Booker's second wife?
(a) Miss Ruthie.
(b) Miss Davidson.
(c) Miss Jefferson.
(d) Miss Mackie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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:

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

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

4. Because he's disappointed by how the people of Tuskegee regard Christmas, what does Booker introduce at his school?

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

(see the answer key)

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