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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booker comments that his students at Tuskegee are anxious to learn:
(a) Whatever he hands them.
(b) Only practical subjects.
(c) Math, especially calculus.
(d) Only the subjects that they find interesting.

2. In order to repay debts Booker's school has accumulated, his co-teacher holds what type of fundraisers?
(a) Reading marathons.
(b) Festivals.
(c) Rummage sales.
(d) Bake sales.

3. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?
(a) Farm.
(b) Library.
(c) Restaurant.
(d) Circus.

4. Shortly after acquiring their freedom, where does the author's family move to?
(a) Mather, Pennsylvania.
(b) Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
(c) Malden, West Virginia.
(d) Elkins, West Virginia.

5. Who mentors Booker as he tries to establish a school in Tuskegee?
(a) No one.
(b) Lewis Adams, a former slave.
(c) George W. Campbell, a former slave owner.
(d) George Campbell and Lewis Adams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Booker's brother's name?

2. When Booker wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?

3. At Hampton, the blacks and the Indians:

4. What do the Hampton night school students earn money for?

5. When Booker first starts school, why is he not able to attend full time?

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