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

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

3. What happens when Booker and his students try to construct a kiln for baking bricks?
(a) It works perfectly the first time.
(b) They fail in their first four attempts.
(c) They fail once, and then get experts to construct the kiln.
(d) Two students are seriously injured.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Booker sell his own watch to raise fifteen dollars?

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

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

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

5. Who joins Booker as co-teacher at his school in Tuskegee?

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