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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booker states that many former slaves wanted to:
(a) Become attorneys.
(b) Move to New York.
(c) Hold public office.
(d) Move to another country.

2. Due to overcrowding at Hampton, there isn't enough room in the dormitories and some students have to spend the winter in:
(a) Barns.
(b) School hallways.
(c) Cardboard boxes.
(d) Tents.

3. In the author's view, how would the freed slaves have been better served?
(a) Through trained advisors who could help with the transition.
(b) Through the availability of work-study programs.
(c) If the federal government had made plans to teach them.
(d) If the state government had created a job-finding service for them.

4. What is the potato bin that Booker describes from his childhood home?
(a) A hollowed out spot in the middle of the floor for storing sweet potatoes.
(b) A wooden bin under the porch for drying and storing potatoes.
(c) A large closet for storing sweet potatoes to be dried for the winter.
(d) A large outdoor storage bin for holding potatoes to be processed the next day.

5. In addition to teaching day and night classes and doing tutoring, Booker teaches:
(a) Athletics.
(b) Theater.
(c) Piano.
(d) Sunday school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lewis Adams learn while still in slavery?

2. The author tells the story of finding a ten-dollar bill while working at a restaurant. What happens when he shows the money to the proprietor?

3. What does the author say he learns about manual labor from Miss Mackie?

4. What does Booker comment about the schools in Tuskegee?

5. What does Booker say that the poor families of Tuskegee typically eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mrs. Ruffner and the work Booker does for her.

2. How does Booker describe the residents of Tuskegee?

3. How do the blacks and the Indians get along at Hampton?

4. Describe the position that General Armstrong offers Booker Washington at Hampton.

5. What two things does Washington say every former slave who is newly freed wants?

6. How do blacks react upon being read the Emancipation Proclamation?

7. Describe Booker's early childhood family and home.

8. Describe Booker's experiences as a young man working at restaurants.

9. What does young Booker do on the plantation as a slave?

10. Why does Booker purchase an old plantation for the Tuskegee Institute?

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