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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. In addition to teaching day and night classes and doing tutoring, Booker teaches:
(a) Theater.
(b) Piano.
(c) Sunday school.
(d) Athletics.

2. What is the potato bin that Booker describes from his childhood home?
(a) A large closet for storing sweet potatoes to be dried for the winter.
(b) A large outdoor storage bin for holding potatoes to be processed the next day.
(c) A wooden bin under the porch for drying and storing potatoes.
(d) A hollowed out spot in the middle of the floor for storing sweet potatoes.

3. The "T" in Booker T. Washington stands for:
(a) Theodoro.
(b) Taliaferro.
(c) Trumbert.
(d) Thomasino.

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

5. Booker states that the vast majority of blacks at Hampton are more than willing to:
(a) Learn and practice the traditions of the Indians.
(b) Accept the Indians into their school.
(c) Spend less than six hours sleeping in order to have more study time.
(d) Work three jobs while studying.

Short Answer Questions

1. In order to repay debts Booker's school has accumulated, his co-teacher holds what type of fundraisers?

2. The Reconstruction Period refers to the:

3. Booker feels that the people of Tuskegee should be using part of their land for what?

4. At Hampton, the blacks and the Indians:

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

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