View a FREE sample

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. While Booker T. Washington is still teaching at Malden, who contacts him regarding a position at Hampton?
(a) Colonel Ruffner.
(b) General Armstrong.
(c) Miss Mackie.
(d) Mrs. Ruffner.

2. As a young boy, one of Booker's jobs is what?
(a) None of these is correct.
(b) Painting fences.
(c) Taking wheat to the silo.
(d) Carrying corn to the mill.

3. What does Booker quickly discover about the Indians at Hampton?
(a) They are eager to share their traditions, stories, and languages with others.
(b) They are eager to learn and seek ways to make his life more comfortable.
(c) They choose to speak only their tribal languages.
(d) They feel more comfortable in outdoor settings.

4. When Booker first starts school, why is he not able to attend full time?
(a) He cannot afford to pay the tuition.
(b) He has to take care of the family's sheep.
(c) His mother needs his help around the house.
(d) His stepfather forces him to continue working.

5. How does Booker T. Washington get his last name?
(a) The county clerk selects it and writes it on his birth certificate.
(b) It belonged to his great-grandfather.
(c) His father gives it to him.
(d) He selects it when he starts school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Hampton night school students do during the day?

2. Booker states that the vast majority of blacks at Hampton are more than willing to:

3. What job does Booker take to pay for his room and board at Hampton?

4. When the author writes about the condition of the school he oversees in Tuskegee, what does he say about an umbrella?

5. Among the unnecessary excesses that he describes for the families of Tuskegee living in poverty, what does Booker include?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 425 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample