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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Struggle for an Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While living with his stepfather, young Booker works:
(a) Selling salt door to door.
(b) Delivering salt to merchants.
(c) At salt furnaces.
(d) Driving salt trucks.

2. How does Booker T. Washington get his last name?
(a) It belonged to his great-grandfather.
(b) He selects it when he starts school.
(c) His father gives it to him.
(d) The county clerk selects it and writes it on his birth certificate.

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

4. Booker notes that even though the slaves are well informed, the biggest downfall is what?
(a) No hope for advancement.
(b) No writing supplies.
(c) Lack of book learning.
(d) Lack of free time.

5. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?
(a) He will work mornings and afternoons, attending school in between work shifts.
(b) His mother will hire a helper for the house.
(c) He will work odd jobs to earn money to pay for school.
(d) His brother and sister will help tend to the sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say that all of the newly freed, former slaves want?

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

3. When Booker decides to go to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, how does his community help him?

4. While working for Mrs. Ruffner, Booker soon learns that she demands:

5. Shortly after acquiring their freedom, where does the author's family move to?

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