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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Helping Others.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author tells the story of finding a ten-dollar bill while working at a restaurant. What happens when he shows the money to the proprietor?
(a) The proprietor keeps it.
(b) The proprietor asks his customers who is missing ten dollars.
(c) Two customers come forward to claim the money.
(d) A customer tells them it was left as a tip.

2. Why do young Booker and his family live in the plantation's kitchen?
(a) It's warmer than the cabins on the property.
(b) It was a guest house before being converted into a kitchen.
(c) The family most likely is asked to live there.
(d) There's probably no room elsewhere on the plantation.

3. Although he is uncertain of the exact location of his birth, Booker T. Washington believes he was born near a:
(a) Farm.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Post office.
(d) Train station.

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

5. What is the potato bin that Booker describes from his childhood home?
(a) A hollowed out spot in the middle of the floor for storing sweet potatoes.
(b) A large outdoor storage bin for holding potatoes to be processed the next day.
(c) A wooden bin under the porch for drying and storing potatoes.
(d) A large closet for storing sweet potatoes to be dried for the winter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Booker finally arrives at Hampton and meets the head teacher, what does he tell her?

3. When he teaches back home in Malden, what does Booker include in his curriculum for his day classes?

4. When Booker is hired as a waiter at a classy restaurant, who chastises him, and why?

5. In addition to teaching day and night classes and doing tutoring, Booker teaches:

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