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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. The author states that those earning seventy-five or a hundred dollars a month were:
(a) Considered wealthy.
(b) Often in debt by the end of the month.
(c) Expected to pay higher taxes.
(d) Regularly asked for monetary help by those earning less.

2. When Booker decides to go to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, how does his community help him?
(a) Buying him a few school supplies.
(b) Offering transportation.
(c) Writing letters of recommendation.
(d) Giving him small donations.

3. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Twenty.

4. At Hampton, the blacks and the Indians:
(a) Form a "cultural awareness" club.
(b) Rarely interact with each other.
(c) Get along well.
(d) Do not understand one another.

5. To start with, how many students does Booker have at his school in Tuskegee?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Seven.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who dies at the end of Booker's second year at Hampton?

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

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. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?

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