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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. Why is the plantation kitchen usually removed from the rest of the house?
(a) Because of the danger of fire.
(b) To keep kitchen smells out of the house.
(c) To keep kitchen servants and slaves out of the house.
(d) Because it generates too much smoke.

2. When Booker travels with a young Indian boy who is ill, how are they treated by outsiders?
(a) Booker is accepted into establishments that the boy is not allowed to enter.
(b) They are welcomed by everyone they seek help from.
(c) They are rejected by everyone they seek help from.
(d) The boy is accepted into establishments that Booker is not allowed to enter.

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

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

5. What job does Booker take to pay for his room and board at Hampton?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Cook.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Tutor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first number that Booker says he learns?

2. What does Booker comment about the schools in Tuskegee?

3. What does Booker quickly discover about the Indians at Hampton?

4. What is the potato bin that Booker describes from his childhood home?

5. The author notes that many people who got an inkling of education became:

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