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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Robert Bedford become involved with Tuskegee Institute?
(a) As a teacher.
(b) As its assistant principal.
(c) As the school's chaplain.
(d) As a school trustee.

2. Booker says that officials and leaders who visit the Tuskegee Institute are what?
(a) Appalled by conditions.
(b) Ready to help in every way possible.
(c) Anxious to see results.
(d) Impressed by its progress.

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

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

5. Teachers at Tuskegee are largely recruited from where?
(a) Howard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Hampton.
(d) Harvard.

6. 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 decides to become a teacher at the school.
(b) The man sends one thousand dollars to the school.
(c) The man visits the school and apologizes for not helping.
(d) The man sends ten thousand dollars to the school.

7. As Booker prepares to speak at the expo in 1895, he feels the weight of responsibility because his audience consists of:
(a) Wealthy potential donors.
(b) Fellow educators.
(c) Northerners, Southerners, blacks, and whites.
(d) Politicians and other influential policy makers.

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

9. 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 want their husbands to become jealous.
(c) He expects to be confronted because he is a black man dining in the white section.
(d) He does not recognize them and wonders what they want.

10. During his speech at the Atlanta Exposition, Washington says people need to work together to pull the South up, or else:
(a) Allow others to pull against progress.
(b) Give up and walk away.
(c) Watch in despair as the nation crumbles.
(d) Bury their heads in the sand like an ostrich.

11. In his chapter on public speaking, the author expresses that before a speech, he:
(a) Never ceases to be nervous.
(b) Practices in front of the mirror.
(c) Typically rewrites his entire speech.
(d) Takes a warm bath to relax.

12. How does a mill owner help the Tuskegee Institute?
(a) Making a very large monetary donation.
(b) Building new desks for the students.
(c) Offering apprenticeships to several of the students.
(d) Providing lumber for a large central building.

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

14. What does Booker say about the way that Southerners treat him?
(a) They are indifferent to him.
(b) They treat him poorly.
(c) They never insult him.
(d) They treat him like royalty.

15. After traveling two thousand miles to give his five-minute speech, what does Booker do?
(a) Spends time sightseeing.
(b) Takes a train back to Boston.
(c) Attends a dinner event.
(d) Returns home.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Before giving his speech at the 1895 expo, Booker does what?

3. Who is Booker's second wife?

4. What do Booker and his students discover when they first try to make bricks?

5. Why does Booker say it was worth the effort to travel two thousand miles to give a five-minute speech?

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