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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he teaches back home in Malden, what does Booker include in his curriculum for his day classes?
(a) Proper hygiene and personal care.
(b) Calculus, astronomy, and astrology.
(c) Latin, French, and Portuguese.
(d) Cooking, house cleaning, and woodworking.

2. As a young boy, one of Booker's jobs is what?
(a) Carrying corn to the mill.
(b) Painting fences.
(c) Taking wheat to the silo.
(d) None of these is correct.

3. On his way to Hampton, Booker stops at Richmond to earn money for the remainder of his journey. What work does he do in Richmond?
(a) Unloads a ship.
(b) Paints a building.
(c) Delivers groceries.
(d) Digs ditches.

4. During the winter months, Mrs. Ruffner allows Booker to spend an hour a day doing what?
(a) Attending school.
(b) Socializing with friends.
(c) Learning to play the piano.
(d) Taking a lunch break.

5. Where does Booker go at the end of his second year at Hampton?
(a) To work for the railroads in Norfolk.
(b) Virginia Beach for fun and relaxation.
(c) Home to see his family.
(d) Back to the job he had the previous summer.

6. What is the first number that Booker says he learns?
(a) One.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eleven.

7. Booker explains that some girls who had worked as laundresses went to school for six to eight years and came out not wanting to do laundry but wanting:
(a) To make a difference in the world.
(b) Better clothes and other possessions.
(c) Their own servants, cooks, and laundresses.
(d) To marry educated men.

8. Booker observes that during the Reconstruction Period, many who held public office were unable to do what after leaving office?
(a) Find work.
(b) Hold another public office.
(c) Make trustworthy friends.
(d) Return to their communities.

9. What does Booker say that the poor families of Tuskegee typically eat?
(a) Corn bread, peas, and pork fat.
(b) Biscuits and grits with gravy.
(c) Lima beans, wheat rolls, and onions.
(d) Chicken and rice.

10. To start with, how many students does Booker have at his school in Tuskegee?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seven.

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

12. As he travels to Hampton, the author arrives in Richmond, Virginia, flat broke and spends the night where?
(a) Under a boardwalk.
(b) In a barn.
(c) Under a drawbridge.
(d) In a church.

13. When Booker decides to go to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, how does his community help him?
(a) Writing letters of recommendation.
(b) Buying him a few school supplies.
(c) Offering transportation.
(d) Giving him small donations.

14. During a fight between blacks and whites, what happens to Mr. Ruffner, the white salt mines owner, when he stands up for the blacks?
(a) He is offered the job of mayor.
(b) He is cheered enthusiastically.
(c) He is severely injured.
(d) He is arrested.

15. Booker's night school at Hampton expands from twelve students to:
(a) Nineteen.
(b) Close to fifty.
(c) More than twenty.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. All of Booker's students at Tuskegee are at least:

3. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?

4. What do the Hampton night school students do during the day?

5. As a child, Booker lives in a cabin that also serves as:

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