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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do students learn to do on the property that Booker purchases for his school?
(a) Cut down trees and build cabins.
(b) Restore the building, then prepare and serve food.
(c) Clean the buildings and plant crops.
(d) Refurbish the building and tend to farm animals.

2. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?
(a) Farm.
(b) Library.
(c) Circus.
(d) Restaurant.

3. When Booker wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?
(a) Tells him to get a second job so he can afford to buy a cap.
(b) Buys less food to save money for a cap.
(c) Makes him a cap out of scrap denim.
(d) Sells her ring to buy him a cap.

4. Who mentors Booker as he tries to establish a school in Tuskegee?
(a) George W. Campbell, a former slave owner.
(b) No one.
(c) George Campbell and Lewis Adams.
(d) Lewis Adams, a former slave.

5. Why do the blacks at Hampton agree to room with Indians?
(a) To protect the Indians from the outside world.
(b) So that both groups can learn new concepts from each other.
(c) To help the Indians learn English and societal norms.
(d) To express their gratitude for the work the Indians are doing at the school.

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

7. Although he is uncertain of the exact location of his birth, Booker T. Washington believes he was born near a:
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Post office.
(c) Farm.
(d) Train station.

8. Booker notes that even though the slaves are well informed, the biggest downfall is what?
(a) Lack of book learning.
(b) No hope for advancement.
(c) No writing supplies.
(d) Lack of free time.

9. Due to overcrowding at Hampton, there isn't enough room in the dormitories and some students have to spend the winter in:
(a) Cardboard boxes.
(b) Tents.
(c) Barns.
(d) School hallways.

10. What do the Hampton night school students earn money for?
(a) To support their families.
(b) To help pay for tuition to Hampton's regular school.
(c) To buy their school meals and pay for their rooms.
(d) To put in the bank for when they're out of school.

11. What did Lewis Adams learn while still in slavery?
(a) Working with leather and metals.
(b) Reading, writing, shoemaking, harness making, and tinsmithing.
(c) Reading, writing, dairy farming, cooking, and blacksmithing.
(d) Working with precious metals and semi-precious stones.

12. What is a typical week for farming families in Tuskegee?
(a) Working six days a week, going to town and meetings Sundays.
(b) Working five days a week, going to town Saturdays, attending meetings Sundays.
(c) Working five days a week, attending meetings Saturdays, going to church and resting Sundays.
(d) Working six days a week, going to church and picnics Sundays.

13. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) One hundred.

14. What does the author say that all of the newly freed, former slaves want?
(a) Assistance with adjusting to their new lives.
(b) Monetary compensation from former masters.
(c) To change their names.
(d) To own land.

15. To help Booker while he's studying at Hampton, who sends him small amounts of money whenever possible?
(a) His brother John.
(b) His previous teachers.
(c) His previous employer, Mrs. Ruffner.
(d) His mother and stepfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do young Booker and his family live in the plantation's kitchen?

2. Booker states that in addition to receiving book knowledge in school, former slaves should be taught:

3. What is the first number that Booker says he learns?

4. The Reconstruction Period refers to the:

5. In the author's view, how would the freed slaves have been better served?

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