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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the author's view, how would the freed slaves have been better served?
(a) If the federal government had made plans to teach them.
(b) Through the availability of work-study programs.
(c) If the state government had created a job-finding service for them.
(d) Through trained advisors who could help with the transition.

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

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

5. Booker explains that some girls who had worked as laundresses went to school for six to eight years and came out not wanting to do laundry but wanting:
(a) Better clothes and other possessions.
(b) To marry educated men.
(c) To make a difference in the world.
(d) Their own servants, cooks, and laundresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Booker T. Washington get his last name?

2. While living with his stepfather, young Booker works:

3. During the winter months, Mrs. Ruffner allows Booker to spend an hour a day doing what?

4. Booker notes that even though the slaves are well informed, the biggest downfall is what?

5. The author tells the story of finding a ten-dollar bill while working at a restaurant. What happens when he shows the money to the proprietor?

(see the answer key)

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