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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Teaching School in a Stable and a Hen House.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Booker note that the people of Tuskegee want from him?
(a) To have him involved in their local politics.
(b) That he create flexible schedules so the students can work and study.
(c) To be a voice for them as he travels from one community to the next.
(d) That he teach their children well so they can get out of poverty.

2. Who joins Booker as co-teacher at his school in Tuskegee?
(a) Olivia A. Davidson.
(b) Ruthie Smith.
(c) Lewis Adams.
(d) George W. Campbell.

3. When Booker is hired as a waiter at a classy restaurant, who chastises him, and why?
(a) The host, for getting in the way of other waiters.
(b) The cook, for getting the order wrong.
(c) The proprietor, for dropping a tray.
(d) The men he's waiting on, for doing a poor job.

4. When the country families of Tuskegee go to town on Saturdays, what do they do there?
(a) Sell vegetables.
(b) Shop for supplies.
(c) Attend meetings.
(d) Attend plays.

5. The Reconstruction Period refers to the:
(a) Era of migration from farms to factories.
(b) Pre-Civil War era.
(c) Post-Civil War era.
(d) Railroad building era.

Short Answer Questions

1. Booker explains that some girls who had worked as laundresses went to school for six to eight years and came out not wanting to do laundry but wanting:

2. The author states that those earning seventy-five or a hundred dollars a month were:

3. When he arrives at the school he's overseeing in Tuskegee, what does Booker find?

4. Booker explains that many Tuskegee families offered gifts to help out his school. Which gift touched him the most?

5. 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?

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