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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) Buying expensive silk ties and dresses that are rarely worn.
(b) Owning books when they can be borrowed from the library instead.
(c) Owning an expensive organ that is rarely played.
(d) Serving guests an elaborate meal when a simple one will do.

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

3. What is Booker's brother's name?
(a) John.
(b) Bill.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Benton.

4. In addition to teaching day and night classes and doing tutoring, Booker teaches:
(a) Athletics.
(b) Theater.
(c) Sunday school.
(d) Piano.

5. Booker notes that giving the students a building project teaches them all aspects of construction and gives them:
(a) A reason to better appreciate their studies.
(b) A sense of worth and accomplishment.
(c) Hands-on experience to keep them from getting bored.
(d) A trade to fall back on when they leave school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Booker and his co-teacher at Tuskegee agree they need to add to their curriculum?

2. What does Booker T. Washington say that General Armstrong teaches him about racial prejudice?

3. To start with, how many students does Booker have at his school in Tuskegee?

4. What does Booker say about the way that Southerners treat him?

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

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