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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. Who is Booker's second wife?
(a) Miss Ruthie.
(b) Miss Mackie.
(c) Miss Davidson.
(d) Miss Jefferson.

2. What do students learn to do on the property that Booker purchases for his school?
(a) Refurbish the building and tend to farm animals.
(b) Restore the building, then prepare and serve food.
(c) Clean the buildings and plant crops.
(d) Cut down trees and build cabins.

3. Does General Armstrong teach at Tuskegee?
(a) Yes, part-time.
(b) No, but he heads a building project.
(c) Yes, full-time.
(d) No, he's at Hampton.

4. What does Booker state about the attitude of his Tuskegee students against manual labor?
(a) It is perfectly understandable.
(b) It is counterproductive.
(c) It doesn't change at all.
(d) It begins to change.

5. After dining with two women in a train's dining section, Booker goes to the smoking car where he expects:
(a) To be asked to leave.
(b) To be berated by the men.
(c) To meet up with a friend.
(d) To catch up on reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the Tuskegee Institute, Booker absolutely insists that every student have and use a:

2. Booker says that even as a very young child, most of his time is spent:

3. In the author's view, how would the freed slaves have been better served?

4. In the chapter "Raising Money," Booker relates the story of being told about a man who might be interested in donating to his school. How does Booker reach the man?

5. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:

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