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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After dining with two women in a train's dining section, Booker goes to the smoking car where he expects:
(a) To be asked to leave.
(b) To meet up with a friend.
(c) To catch up on reading.
(d) To be berated by the men.

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

3. When Booker gets up one evening to check on a group of young men at Tuskegee, what does he find?
(a) The young men huddled around a fire, sharing the one blanket the school was able to provide them.
(b) The young men making more bricks with the kiln to speed up construction.
(c) The men studying diligently for the next day's exams.
(d) The men sleeping soundly in their rooms.

4. Booker's trip to Europe is his first vacation in how many years?
(a) Twenty-two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eighteen.

5. Booker notes that giving the students a building project teaches them all aspects of construction and gives them:
(a) A reason to better appreciate their studies.
(b) Hands-on experience to keep them from getting bored.
(c) A sense of worth and accomplishment.
(d) A trade to fall back on when they leave school.

6. When Booker speaks of the Christmas season, what is his complaint?
(a) People have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas.
(b) Churches must shorten their Christmas services.
(c) People give each other useless trinkets.
(d) Stores sell too many unnecessary items.

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

8. How does Booker handle complaints by parents who don't want their students to do manual labor at his school?
(a) He gives the parents a lecture about the benefits of hard work.
(b) He recruits these parents to help with construction projects.
(c) He ignores them.
(d) He excuses their children from doing manual labor.

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

10. Because he's disappointed by how the people of Tuskegee regard Christmas, what does Booker introduce at his school?
(a) Lessons from major world religions.
(b) History of Christianity.
(c) Bible teachings.
(d) Ethics education.

11. Washington travels two thousand miles to give a five-minute speech to whom?
(a) A retired general.
(b) The President of the U.S.
(c) A group of influential people.
(d) A women's group.

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

13. At the Tuskegee Institute, Booker absolutely insists that every student have and use a:
(a) Fountain pen.
(b) Comb.
(c) Toothbrush.
(d) Slide rule.

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) Pays for the labor involved.
(d) Directly impacts the education of the students.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Booker's school to raise enough money to pay off debt?

2. Who is Washington's third wife?

3. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:

4. During his big speech in 1895, what does Booker focus on?

5. What does General Armstrong loan to the Tuskegee Institute?

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