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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once freed, how do Booker and his family reach their new home to live with his stepfather?
(a) Walk several hundred miles.
(b) Catch a train.
(c) Ride mules several hundred miles.
(d) Hitching rides in wagons.

2. When Booker wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?
(a) Makes him a cap out of scrap denim.
(b) Tells him to get a second job so he can afford to buy a cap.
(c) Sells her ring to buy him a cap.
(d) Buys less food to save money for a cap.

3. After completing his studies and returning to Malden, Booker is hired to work as a teacher. His workdays start at 8:00 AM and don't end until what time?
(a) 8:00 PM.
(b) 6:00 PM.
(c) 10:00 PM.
(d) 7:00 PM.

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

5. After Booker and his family move into a small cabin with his stepfather in a salt-mining community, what do they discover about their new home?
(a) The roof has holes and there is no stove.
(b) The cabin sits alone in a secluded, wooded area.
(c) It's as shabby as the one they lived in before.
(d) It's much nicer than what they left behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young boy, one of Booker's jobs is what?

2. On his way to Hampton, Booker stops at Richmond to earn money for the remainder of his journey. What work does he do in Richmond?

3. Where does Booker go at the end of his second year at Hampton?

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

5. When the Emancipation Proclamation is read to slaves, freeing them immediately, what does Booker say they consider after their initial celebration?

(see the answer key)

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