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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Race and Red Race.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booker states that in addition to receiving book knowledge in school, former slaves should be taught:
(a) That doing manual labor is not shameful.
(b) How to look for and interview for a job.
(c) Practical skills, like cooking.
(d) That they can succeed in their new circumstances.

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

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

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

5. In the author's view, how would the freed slaves have been better served?
(a) If the state government had created a job-finding service for them.
(b) Through the availability of work-study programs.
(c) If the federal government had made plans to teach them.
(d) Through trained advisors who could help with the transition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Hampton night school students earn money for?

2. Booker's night school at Hampton expands from twelve students to:

3. The author completes his studies at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute:

4. While Booker T. Washington is still teaching at Malden, who contacts him regarding a position at Hampton?

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

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