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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the winter months, Mrs. Ruffner allows Booker to spend an hour a day doing what?
(a) Taking a lunch break.
(b) Attending school.
(c) Learning to play the piano.
(d) Socializing with friends.

2. What does Booker say about his job working in coalmines?
(a) It pays very well.
(b) It teaches him discipline.
(c) Everyone there is highly motivated.
(d) It's dirty and dangerous.

3. What does Booker state about the attitude of his Tuskegee students against manual labor?
(a) It is perfectly understandable.
(b) It begins to change.
(c) It is counterproductive.
(d) It doesn't change at all.

4. Booker says that even as a very young child, most of his time is spent:
(a) Playing.
(b) Studying.
(c) Singing.
(d) Working.

5. When the Emancipation Proclamation is read to slaves, freeing them immediately, what does Booker say they consider after their initial celebration?
(a) They ask themselves what state they should move to.
(b) They wonder where they will live and what work they'll do.
(c) They wonder if they're being told the truth.
(d) They don't trust the masters to abide by the new law.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Booker quickly discover about the Indians at Hampton?

2. Why does Washington travel with Armstrong throughout larger Northern cities?

3. In order to repay debts Booker's school has accumulated, his co-teacher holds what type of fundraisers?

4. Booker feels that some individuals were not served well enough by their education and that, in the end, their desires increased but:

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

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