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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when Booker and his students try to construct a kiln for baking bricks?
(a) It works perfectly the first time.
(b) They fail once, and then get experts to construct the kiln.
(c) They fail in their first four attempts.
(d) Two students are seriously injured.

3. When Booker is schedule to speak in Boston, he's also invited to speak where?
(a) In Tuskegee.
(b) In the South.
(c) In his hometown.
(d) In Detroit.

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

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

6. 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.

7. Booker points out that those who can't offer his Tuskegee school monetary donations instead offer:
(a) Home-cooked meals.
(b) Family heirlooms.
(c) Advice.
(d) Their time.

8. During his big speech in 1895, what does Booker focus on?
(a) The people's responsibility towards future generations.
(b) The economic state of the nation's educational system.
(c) The need for good teachers to train the next generation.
(d) The need for blacks and whites to work together.

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

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

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

12. In the chapter "Raising Money," Booker relates the story of being told about a man who might be interested in donating to his school. How does Booker reach the man?
(a) Walks two miles to his house.
(b) Takes a train.
(c) Rides a horse-drawn carriage.
(d) Waits for him at his work.

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

14. Why does Booker say it was worth the effort to travel two thousand miles to give a five-minute speech?
(a) The women's group makes a generous donation to his school.
(b) He enjoyed meeting the President.
(c) He does not mind spreading the word about his school.
(d) He reaches influential people, and more speaking engagements result.

15. Who is Booker's second wife?
(a) Miss Mackie.
(b) Miss Davidson.
(c) Miss Jefferson.
(d) Miss Ruthie.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During his travels, what does Booker like to do on the train rides?

3. What does Booker T. Washington say that General Armstrong teaches him about racial prejudice?

4. When Booker goes to the smoking car of a train after dining with two women, what happens?

5. As Booker prepares to speak at the expo in 1895, he feels the weight of responsibility because his audience consists of:

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