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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. How does Booker handle complaints by parents who don't want their students to do manual labor at his school?
(a) He excuses their children from doing manual labor.
(b) He ignores them.
(c) He gives the parents a lecture about the benefits of hard work.
(d) He recruits these parents to help with construction projects.

2. What does Booker quickly discover about the Indians at Hampton?
(a) They are eager to share their traditions, stories, and languages with others.
(b) They are eager to learn and seek ways to make his life more comfortable.
(c) They choose to speak only their tribal languages.
(d) They feel more comfortable in outdoor settings.

3. What do Booker and his co-teacher at Tuskegee agree they need to add to their curriculum?
(a) Music.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Hygiene.
(d) Latin.

4. To start with, how many students does Booker have at his school in Tuskegee?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seven.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirty.

5. Once freed, how do Booker and his family reach their new home to live with his stepfather?
(a) Catch a train.
(b) Walk several hundred miles.
(c) Ride mules several hundred miles.
(d) Hitching rides in wagons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Shortly after acquiring their freedom, where does the author's family move to?

2. In addition to teaching day and night classes and doing tutoring, Booker teaches:

3. Booker's night school at Hampton expands from twelve students to:

4. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?

5. Who is Robert C. Bedford?

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