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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 the author say he learns about manual labor from Miss Mackie?
(a) It has its rewards and is nothing to be ashamed of.
(b) It should be done quietly and discreetly.
(c) Shortcuts for doing the job faster.
(d) It's better to pay someone else to do it.

2. What do students learn to do on the property that Booker purchases for his school?
(a) Clean the buildings and plant crops.
(b) Restore the building, then prepare and serve food.
(c) Refurbish the building and tend to farm animals.
(d) Cut down trees and build cabins.

3. Booker notes that giving the students a building project teaches them all aspects of construction and gives them:
(a) A trade to fall back on when they leave school.
(b) A reason to better appreciate their studies.
(c) A sense of worth and accomplishment.
(d) Hands-on experience to keep them from getting bored.

4. What does Booker purchase to help his students learn more about working with their hands?
(a) An acre of forest land.
(b) A dilapidated barn.
(c) A defunct restaurant.
(d) The remains of a plantation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Robert C. Bedford?

2. What does Booker say about his job working in coalmines?

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

4. Booker says that even as a very young child, most of his time is spent:

5. What does Booker T. Washington say that General Armstrong teaches him about racial prejudice?

(see the answer key)

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