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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Last Words.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the country families of Tuskegee go to town on Saturdays, what do they do there?
(a) Sell vegetables.
(b) Attend plays.
(c) Attend meetings.
(d) Shop for supplies.

2. What is the potato bin that Booker describes from his childhood home?
(a) A hollowed out spot in the middle of the floor for storing sweet potatoes.
(b) A large closet for storing sweet potatoes to be dried for the winter.
(c) A large outdoor storage bin for holding potatoes to be processed the next day.
(d) A wooden bin under the porch for drying and storing potatoes.

3. Who is Washington's third wife?
(a) Martha Jones Jackson.
(b) Elizabeth Stanton Smith.
(c) Margaret James Murray.
(d) JoEllen Agnes Baker.

4. When Booker travels by train and two women recognize him, they insist that he join them for dinner. Why does this worry him?
(a) He does not want his girlfriend to become jealous.
(b) He does not recognize them and wonders what they want.
(c) He does not want their husbands to become jealous.
(d) He expects to be confronted because he is a black man dining in the white section.

5. What does Booker T. Washington say that General Armstrong teaches him about racial prejudice?
(a) It's a sin.
(b) With much effort, it can be overcome.
(c) It's a waste of time and energy.
(d) It's unavoidable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Booker notes that even though the slaves are well informed, the biggest downfall is what?

2. In addition to teaching day and night classes and doing tutoring, Booker teaches:

3. When he arrives at the school he's overseeing in Tuskegee, what does Booker find?

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

5. In "Raising Money," although Washington's meeting with a potential donor for his school doesn't go quite as expected, what happens years later?

(see the answer key)

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