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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. How long does it take Booker's school to raise enough money to pay off debt?
(a) A few months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten months.
(d) Fifteen months.

2. What does the author say he learns about manual labor from Miss Mackie?
(a) Shortcuts for doing the job faster.
(b) It should be done quietly and discreetly.
(c) It's better to pay someone else to do it.
(d) It has its rewards and is nothing to be ashamed of.

3. What do the Hampton night school students do during the day?
(a) Tutor other students.
(b) Learn how to cook.
(c) Work.
(d) Take care of their families.

4. How does Booker T. Washington get his last name?
(a) The county clerk selects it and writes it on his birth certificate.
(b) He selects it when he starts school.
(c) His father gives it to him.
(d) It belonged to his great-grandfather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Booker states that many former slaves wanted to:

2. When Booker travels by train and two women recognize him, they insist that he join them for dinner. Why does this worry him?

3. Why do the blacks at Hampton agree to room with Indians?

4. When the Emancipation Proclamation is read to slaves, freeing them immediately, what does Booker say they consider after their initial celebration?

5. Booker remarks that too many people use the Christmas season as:

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