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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. Among the unnecessary excesses that he describes for the families of Tuskegee living in poverty, what does Booker include?
(a) Serving guests an elaborate meal when a simple one will do.
(b) Owning an expensive organ that is rarely played.
(c) Buying expensive silk ties and dresses that are rarely worn.
(d) Owning books when they can be borrowed from the library instead.

2. What do the Hampton night school students earn money for?
(a) To put in the bank for when they're out of school.
(b) To help pay for tuition to Hampton's regular school.
(c) To buy their school meals and pay for their rooms.
(d) To support their families.

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

4. Due to overcrowding at Hampton, there isn't enough room in the dormitories and some students have to spend the winter in:
(a) Cardboard boxes.
(b) School hallways.
(c) Tents.
(d) Barns.

5. What does Booker say about calm, self-possessed people?
(a) They lack drive.
(b) They make the best teachers.
(c) They make good parents.
(d) They are the most successful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies at the end of Booker's second year at Hampton?

2. Booker observes that during the Reconstruction Period, many who held public office were unable to do what after leaving office?

3. When Booker wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?

4. Who becomes Tuskegee Institute's treasurer and substitute principal?

5. When Booker is asked how his school can succeed with him gone so much, what does he reply?

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