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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Who does Booker visit with while traveling in Europe?
(a) Thomas Edison and Marie Curie.
(b) The Queen of England.
(c) Mark Twain and Susan B. Anthony.
(d) The King of Spain.

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

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

7. Why does Booker turn down offers from publishers and speech circuits?
(a) He'd rather spend time researching better education methods.
(b) They do not offer enough payment.
(c) He does not trust their intentions.
(d) To continue his work at Tuskegee.

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

9. What does Booker tell people that he enjoys doing in his spare time in Tuskegee?
(a) Visit friends.
(b) Engage in philosophical debates.
(c) Plant in his garden and raise fowl.
(d) Write his memoir.

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

11. What do donors and supporters of Tuskegee thank Washington for?
(a) The opportunity to support a worthy cause.
(b) His dedication to teaching.
(c) A chance to visit the school.
(d) His willingness to do everything humanly possible for his students.

12. What happens to Booker's second wife?
(a) She leaves him.
(b) She dies young.
(c) She is kidnapped.
(d) She drowns.

13. When money is raised for Booker and his wife to travel to Europe, the author feels what?
(a) Thankful because his wife deserves a break.
(b) Guilty at vacationing while others work.
(c) Excited about seeing Europe.
(d) Relieved that he finally gets a vacation.

14. 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) Politicians and other influential policy makers.
(c) Fellow educators.
(d) Northerners, Southerners, blacks, and whites.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate:

2. What does Booker say about the way that Southerners treat him?

3. Why does Washington travel with Armstrong throughout larger Northern cities?

4. When Booker is asked how his school can succeed with him gone so much, what does he reply?

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

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