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

2. How long does it take Booker's school to raise enough money to pay off debt?
(a) A few months.
(b) Fifteen months.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Two years.

3. When Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate:
(a) Four hundred dollars a month.
(b) Half of their inheritance.
(c) Twenty cents of every dollar they earn.
(d) Six thousand dollars a year.

4. Because he's disappointed by how the people of Tuskegee regard Christmas, what does Booker introduce at his school?
(a) History of Christianity.
(b) Ethics education.
(c) Lessons from major world religions.
(d) Bible teachings.

5. 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) Northerners, Southerners, blacks, and whites.
(c) Fellow educators.
(d) Wealthy potential donors.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Booker points out that those who can't offer his Tuskegee school monetary donations instead offer:

3. Booker notes that many blacks of his era wanted to learn what two languages?

4. Booker states that many former slaves wanted to:

5. The author notes that many people who got an inkling of education became:

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