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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. Booker states that efforts to foster community support for his Tuskegee school are:
(a) Successful.
(b) Met with resistance.
(c) Tiresome.
(d) Taking up too much of his time.

2. The author states that those earning seventy-five or a hundred dollars a month were:
(a) Often in debt by the end of the month.
(b) Expected to pay higher taxes.
(c) Considered wealthy.
(d) Regularly asked for monetary help by those earning less.

3. 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) Try to make the donors feel guilty.
(c) Speak loudly and quickly to generate excitement.
(d) Compliment the donors profusely.

4. Shortly after acquiring their freedom, where does the author's family move to?
(a) Elkins, West Virginia.
(b) Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
(c) Malden, West Virginia.
(d) Mather, Pennsylvania.

5. On his journey to Hampton, Booker runs out of money for public transportation. How does he continue his journey?
(a) Hiding in a hay wagon.
(b) Hopping onto a freight train.
(c) Walking and hitching rides.
(d) Borrowing a bicycle, which he later returns.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who joins Booker as co-teacher at his school in Tuskegee?

2. As he travels to Hampton, the author arrives in Richmond, Virginia, flat broke and spends the night where?

3. In the chapter "Boyhood Days," what does Booker say he does in order to get to school on time?

4. During his speech at the Atlanta Exposition, Washington says people need to work together to pull the South up, or else:

5. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:

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