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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Secret of Success in Public Speaking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Booker T. Washington is still teaching at Malden, who contacts him regarding a position at Hampton?
(a) General Armstrong.
(b) Mrs. Ruffner.
(c) Colonel Ruffner.
(d) Miss Mackie.

2. What do Booker and his students discover when they first try to make bricks?
(a) It's not easy.
(b) It's easier than it looks.
(c) It's terribly time-consuming and boring.
(d) They don't have the right materials.

3. The author completes his studies at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute:
(a) In time to attend his sister's wedding.
(b) Even though half the class fails.
(c) Owing the school a large sum of money.
(d) With honors.

4. In "Raising Money," although Washington's meeting with a potential donor for his school doesn't go quite as expected, what happens years later?
(a) The man visits the school and apologizes for not helping.
(b) The man sends ten thousand dollars to the school.
(c) The man decides to become a teacher at the school.
(d) The man sends one thousand dollars to the school.

5. Booker explains that many Tuskegee families offered gifts to help out his school. Which gift touched him the most?
(a) An accordion offered by a blind man.
(b) Six eggs offered by an older woman.
(c) Two pennies offered by a child.
(d) A chicken offered by an older man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who mentors Booker as he tries to establish a school in Tuskegee?

2. How do the people of Tuskegee find Booker to oversee their school?

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

4. What does Booker observe about individuals educated in more affluent schools where the majority of their needs are met?

5. Why do the blacks at Hampton agree to room with Indians?

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