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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?
(a) Circus.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Farm.
(d) Library.

2. Booker states that in addition to receiving book knowledge in school, former slaves should be taught:
(a) That they can succeed in their new circumstances.
(b) That doing manual labor is not shameful.
(c) How to look for and interview for a job.
(d) Practical skills, like cooking.

3. When Booker travels with a young Indian boy who is ill, how are they treated by outsiders?
(a) They are welcomed by everyone they seek help from.
(b) The boy is accepted into establishments that Booker is not allowed to enter.
(c) Booker is accepted into establishments that the boy is not allowed to enter.
(d) They are rejected by everyone they seek help from.

4. When asking for funds for his school from the wealthy, Booker notes that it's best to:
(a) Present facts about the school and not appear to beg.
(b) Compliment the donors profusely.
(c) Speak loudly and quickly to generate excitement.
(d) Try to make the donors feel guilty.

5. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?
(a) Eighty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "T" in Booker T. Washington stands for:

2. Why do young Booker and his family live in the plantation's kitchen?

3. What project does Booker take over at Hampton?

4. Booker T. Washington spends his early years, from his birth until the end of the Civil War, as:

5. Because he's disappointed by how the people of Tuskegee regard Christmas, what does Booker introduce at his school?

(see the answer key)

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