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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By saving enough money, who does Booker help send to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute?
(a) His brother John and their adopted brother James.
(b) His sister Amanda and their cousin David.
(c) His adopted brother James and his cousin David.
(d) His brother John and his sister Amanda.

2. Booker explains that some girls who had worked as laundresses went to school for six to eight years and came out not wanting to do laundry but wanting:
(a) Their own servants, cooks, and laundresses.
(b) To marry educated men.
(c) Better clothes and other possessions.
(d) To make a difference in the world.

3. What does Booker note that the people of Tuskegee want from him?
(a) To be a voice for them as he travels from one community to the next.
(b) That he teach their children well so they can get out of poverty.
(c) That he create flexible schedules so the students can work and study.
(d) To have him involved in their local politics.

4. In "Raising Money," although Washington's meeting with a potential donor for his school doesn't go quite as expected, what happens years later?
(a) The man sends one thousand dollars to the school.
(b) The man decides to become a teacher at the school.
(c) The man visits the school and apologizes for not helping.
(d) The man sends ten thousand dollars to the school.

5. When Booker works for Mrs. Ruffner, how much is he paid?
(a) Five dollars a week.
(b) Ten dollars a week.
(c) Ten dollars a month.
(d) Five dollars a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does General Armstrong loan to the Tuskegee Institute?

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

3. In June of 1881, Booker is hired to oversee what kind of school in Tuskegee?

4. When Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate:

5. What does Booker say about the way that Southerners treat him?

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