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

2. During a fight between blacks and whites, what happens to Mr. Ruffner, the white salt mines owner, when he stands up for the blacks?
(a) He is cheered enthusiastically.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) He is offered the job of mayor.
(d) He is severely injured.

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

4. While living with his stepfather, young Booker works:
(a) Delivering salt to merchants.
(b) Selling salt door to door.
(c) Driving salt trucks.
(d) At salt furnaces.

5. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Booker go at the end of his second year at Hampton?

2. What do students learn to do on the property that Booker purchases for his school?

3. What does Booker say about his job working in coalmines?

4. Who is Robert C. Bedford?

5. What project does Booker take over at Hampton?

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