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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Atlanta Exposition Address.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While living with his stepfather, young Booker works:
(a) Selling salt door to door.
(b) Driving salt trucks.
(c) At salt furnaces.
(d) Delivering salt to merchants.

2. What expo is Booker invited to speak at in September of 1895?
(a) The Boston World Exposition.
(b) The Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exposition.
(c) The International Northern States Exposition.
(d) The Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition.

3. 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 adopted brother James and his cousin David.
(c) His brother John and his sister Amanda.
(d) His sister Amanda and their cousin David.

4. As a young boy, one of Booker's jobs is what?
(a) Carrying corn to the mill.
(b) Taking wheat to the silo.
(c) Painting fences.
(d) None of these is correct.

5. To start with, how many students does Booker have at his school in Tuskegee?
(a) Seven.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a child, Booker lives in a cabin that also serves as:

2. "Porter Hall" at Tuskegee Institute is named after whom?

3. Who mentors Booker as he tries to establish a school in Tuskegee?

4. Booker states that the vast majority of blacks at Hampton are more than willing to:

5. When Booker gets up one evening to check on a group of young men at Tuskegee, what does he find?

(see the answer key)

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