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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once freed, how do Booker and his family reach their new home to live with his stepfather?
(a) Ride mules several hundred miles.
(b) Catch a train.
(c) Hitching rides in wagons.
(d) Walk several hundred miles.

2. Booker comments that his students at Tuskegee are anxious to learn:
(a) Only practical subjects.
(b) Whatever he hands them.
(c) Math, especially calculus.
(d) Only the subjects that they find interesting.

3. When Booker wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?
(a) Buys less food to save money for a cap.
(b) Sells her ring to buy him a cap.
(c) Makes him a cap out of scrap denim.
(d) Tells him to get a second job so he can afford to buy a cap.

4. Washington tells potential donors that money donated for a specific building at Tuskegee secures materials and:
(a) Pays for the labor involved.
(b) Directly impacts the education of the students.
(c) Builds the future of America.
(d) Buys furnishings.

5. In the chapter "Raising Money," Booker relates the story of being told about a man who might be interested in donating to his school. How does Booker reach the man?
(a) Walks two miles to his house.
(b) Waits for him at his work.
(c) Takes a train.
(d) Rides a horse-drawn carriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Booker speaks of the Christmas season, what is his complaint?

3. What happens when Booker and his students try to construct a kiln for baking bricks?

4. When Booker finally arrives at Hampton and meets the head teacher, what does he tell her?

5. Teachers at Tuskegee are largely recruited from where?

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