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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. What expo is Booker invited to speak at in September of 1895?
(a) The International Northern States Exposition.
(b) The Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition.
(c) The Boston World Exposition.
(d) The Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exposition.

2. As Washington's speaking engagements increase, he becomes aware that he carries a great burden because:
(a) Many whites are waiting for him to misspeak.
(b) His school's success depends on his fundraising ability.
(c) He represents all teachers across the nation.
(d) The ears of the entire world are listening.

3. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:
(a) The only southerner invited to speak at the event.
(b) Hailed as a hero.
(c) The only black man invited to speak at the event.
(d) Booed loudly.

4. The Reconstruction Period refers to the:
(a) Era of migration from farms to factories.
(b) Pre-Civil War era.
(c) Railroad building era.
(d) Post-Civil War era.

5. Booker states that efforts to foster community support for his Tuskegee school are:
(a) Tiresome.
(b) Successful.
(c) Taking up too much of his time.
(d) Met with resistance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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:

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