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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first number that Booker says he learns?
(a) Eighteen.
(b) One.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eleven.

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

4. What does the author say he learns about manual labor from Miss Mackie?
(a) It should be done quietly and discreetly.
(b) It has its rewards and is nothing to be ashamed of.
(c) It's better to pay someone else to do it.
(d) Shortcuts for doing the job faster.

5. The author completes his studies at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute:
(a) With honors.
(b) Owing the school a large sum of money.
(c) Even though half the class fails.
(d) In time to attend his sister's wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. During a fight between blacks and whites, what happens to Mr. Ruffner, the white salt mines owner, when he stands up for the blacks?

5. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?

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