View a FREE sample

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. What do the Hampton night school students do during the day?
(a) Learn how to cook.
(b) Take care of their families.
(c) Work.
(d) Tutor other students.

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

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

4. Why do the blacks at Hampton agree to room with Indians?
(a) So that both groups can learn new concepts from each other.
(b) To protect the Indians from the outside world.
(c) To express their gratitude for the work the Indians are doing at the school.
(d) To help the Indians learn English and societal norms.

5. Why does Booker have his students build the Tuskegee Institute's buildings?
(a) To save money and teach his students practical skills.
(b) The people he initially hired to construct the buildings took the money and left town.
(c) To show the surrounding community that he is committed to making a difference.
(d) To show them that work is not drudgery when innovative methods are used.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say that all of the newly freed, former slaves want?

2. What does Booker remark regarding the acceptance of Indians by the blacks at Hampton?

3. After Booker and his family move into a small cabin with his stepfather in a salt-mining community, what do they discover about their new home?

4. In the chapter "Boyhood Days," what does Booker say he does in order to get to school on time?

5. Once freed, how do Booker and his family reach their new home to live with his stepfather?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 405 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample