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

2. What does Booker observe about individuals educated in more affluent schools where the majority of their needs are met?
(a) They are less prepared to deal with life outside of school.
(b) They are mentally capable but emotionally helpless.
(c) They get a better education.
(d) They tend to become spoiled and rude.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Washington travels two thousand miles to give a five-minute speech to whom?

4. As Washington's speaking engagements increase, he becomes aware that he carries a great burden because:

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

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