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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Reconstruction Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a child, Booker lives in a cabin that also serves as:
(a) A garden tool storage shed.
(b) A chicken coop.
(c) The plantation's kitchen.
(d) The community's meeting hall.

2. What is the potato bin that Booker describes from his childhood home?
(a) A wooden bin under the porch for drying and storing potatoes.
(b) A hollowed out spot in the middle of the floor for storing sweet potatoes.
(c) A large outdoor storage bin for holding potatoes to be processed the next day.
(d) A large closet for storing sweet potatoes to be dried for the winter.

3. As he travels to Hampton, the author arrives in Richmond, Virginia, flat broke and spends the night where?
(a) Under a boardwalk.
(b) In a barn.
(c) Under a drawbridge.
(d) In a church.

4. As a young boy, one of Booker's jobs is what?
(a) Painting fences.
(b) None of these is correct.
(c) Taking wheat to the silo.
(d) Carrying corn to the mill.

5. Booker states that many former slaves wanted to:
(a) Become attorneys.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Hold public office.
(d) Move to another country.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that those earning seventy-five or a hundred dollars a month were:

2. When Booker works for Mrs. Ruffner, how much is he paid?

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. While living with his stepfather, young Booker works:

5. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?

(see the answer key)

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