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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. After Booker and his family move into a small cabin with his stepfather in a salt-mining community, what do they discover about their new home?
(a) It's as shabby as the one they lived in before.
(b) The roof has holes and there is no stove.
(c) The cabin sits alone in a secluded, wooded area.
(d) It's much nicer than what they left behind.

2. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?
(a) He will work mornings and afternoons, attending school in between work shifts.
(b) His brother and sister will help tend to the sheep.
(c) He will work odd jobs to earn money to pay for school.
(d) His mother will hire a helper for the house.

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

4. Booker explains that many Tuskegee families offered gifts to help out his school. Which gift touched him the most?
(a) A chicken offered by an older man.
(b) An accordion offered by a blind man.
(c) Two pennies offered by a child.
(d) Six eggs offered by an older woman.

5. Among the unnecessary excesses that he describes for the families of Tuskegee living in poverty, what does Booker include?
(a) Buying expensive silk ties and dresses that are rarely worn.
(b) Owning books when they can be borrowed from the library instead.
(c) Owning an expensive organ that is rarely played.
(d) Serving guests an elaborate meal when a simple one will do.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the country families of Tuskegee go to town on Saturdays, what do they do there?

2. How does Booker T. Washington get his last name?

3. Why is the plantation kitchen usually removed from the rest of the house?

4. What does Booker note that the people of Tuskegee want from him?

5. In "The Reconstruction Period" chapter, what does the author conclude about many teachers and preachers, as well as some politicians?

(see the answer key)

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