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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does General Armstrong loan to the Tuskegee Institute?
(a) His personal savings.
(b) His guesthouse.
(c) His maps and globes.
(d) His book collection.

2. As Washington's speaking engagements increase, he becomes aware that he carries a great burden because:
(a) The ears of the entire world are listening.
(b) His school's success depends on his fundraising ability.
(c) Many whites are waiting for him to misspeak.
(d) He represents all teachers across the nation.

3. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?
(a) He will work mornings and afternoons, attending school in between work shifts.
(b) His brother and sister will help tend to the sheep.
(c) He will work odd jobs to earn money to pay for school.
(d) His mother will hire a helper for the house.

4. Booker feels that the people of Tuskegee should be using part of their land for what?
(a) Raising chickens and geese.
(b) Raising dairy cows.
(c) Growing vegetables.
(d) Planting trees.

5. With a working kiln, Booker and his students make bricks for their school and for what other purpose?
(a) For a hurricane shelter.
(b) For a community center.
(c) To build a homeless shelter.
(d) To sell to the community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Booker go at the end of his second year at Hampton?

2. When he teaches back home in Malden, what does Booker include in his curriculum for his day classes?

3. Worrying over his students, Booker often loses:

4. Due to overcrowding at Hampton, there isn't enough room in the dormitories and some students have to spend the winter in:

5. During a fight between blacks and whites, what happens to Mr. Ruffner, the white salt mines owner, when he stands up for the blacks?

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