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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Raising Money.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Booker nickname the night school he teaches at Hampton?
(a) The Plucky Class.
(b) The Brave Scholars.
(c) The Midnight Crowd.
(d) The Night Owls.

2. How does Booker handle complaints by parents who don't want their students to do manual labor at his school?
(a) He gives the parents a lecture about the benefits of hard work.
(b) He excuses their children from doing manual labor.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) He recruits these parents to help with construction projects.

3. As a child, Booker lives in a cabin that also serves as:
(a) The community's meeting hall.
(b) The plantation's kitchen.
(c) A garden tool storage shed.
(d) A chicken coop.

4. Booker's night school at Hampton expands from twelve students to:
(a) More than twenty.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Close to fifty.
(d) Fifteen.

5. What does Booker remark regarding the acceptance of Indians by the blacks at Hampton?
(a) He feels there was more tension than there should have been.
(b) He states that the acceptance is perfectly natural and normal.
(c) He wonders if another race would have been as welcoming.
(d) He says that any other group would have done the same.

Short Answer Questions

1. Booker comments that his students at Tuskegee are anxious to learn:

2. The author completes his studies at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute:

3. To start with, how many students does Booker have at his school in Tuskegee?

4. When Booker first starts school, why is he not able to attend full time?

5. How do the Tuskegee students treat Booker T. Washington?

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