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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Booker is asked how his school can succeed with him gone so much, what does he reply?
(a) The school is organized such that others can take over aspects of the operation in his absence.
(b) He leaves precise, detailed instructions for the teachers and administrators.
(c) The students are industrious and can take care of themselves.
(d) The school can't succeed if nobody goes out to talk about it and generate support.

2. In "Raising Money," although Washington's meeting with a potential donor for his school doesn't go quite as expected, what happens years later?
(a) The man visits the school and apologizes for not helping.
(b) The man decides to become a teacher at the school.
(c) The man sends ten thousand dollars to the school.
(d) The man sends one thousand dollars to the school.

3. Why does Booker have his students build the Tuskegee Institute's buildings?
(a) The people he initially hired to construct the buildings took the money and left town.
(b) To save money and teach his students practical skills.
(c) To show the surrounding community that he is committed to making a difference.
(d) To show them that work is not drudgery when innovative methods are used.

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

5. What does Booker receive following his Atlanta Exposition speech?
(a) A threatening letter.
(b) A basket of flowers.
(c) An outpouring of approval.
(d) An invitation to dinner.

6. What expo is Booker invited to speak at in September of 1895?
(a) The Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exposition.
(b) The Boston World Exposition.
(c) The International Northern States Exposition.
(d) The Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition.

7. Who becomes Tuskegee Institute's treasurer and substitute principal?
(a) Lewis Adams.
(b) Warren Logan.
(c) Jonathan Armstrong.
(d) George Campbell.

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

9. Why does Washington travel with Armstrong throughout larger Northern cities?
(a) To recruit new students.
(b) To learn from other educational programs.
(c) To gather donations for Tuskegee.
(d) To give lectures on successful teaching techniques.

10. In "Raising Money," after his meeting with a man whom he expected would donate to his school, how does Booker feel?
(a) As though he wasted his time.
(b) Very grateful.
(c) Angry but not defeated.
(d) Elated.

11. What does Booker say about calm, self-possessed people?
(a) They make good parents.
(b) They are the most successful.
(c) They lack drive.
(d) They make the best teachers.

12. What does Booker say about his school's treasurer?
(a) He regularly finds innovative ways to raise money for the school.
(b) He is the most qualified man for the job due to his banking background.
(c) He was under suspicion for a time when funds went missing.
(d) He is never discouraged and believes in the success of the school.

13. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:
(a) The only southerner invited to speak at the event.
(b) Hailed as a hero.
(c) The only black man invited to speak at the event.
(d) Booed loudly.

14. Washington tells potential donors that money donated for a specific building at Tuskegee secures materials and:
(a) Buys furnishings.
(b) Builds the future of America.
(c) Directly impacts the education of the students.
(d) Pays for the labor involved.

15. In the chapter "Raising Money," what is the outcome of the meeting Booker has with a man he had been told might be interested in donating to his school?
(a) The man cuts the meeting short and asks Booker to leave.
(b) The man explains he is no longer wealthy.
(c) The man donates a large sum.
(d) The man does not make a donation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teachers at Tuskegee are largely recruited from where?

2. How do the Tuskegee students treat Booker T. Washington?

3. Who is Robert C. Bedford?

4. Booker is invited to serve on what kind of board?

5. What does Booker's third wife do at Tuskegee?

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