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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. What does Booker observe about individuals educated in more affluent schools where the majority of their needs are met?
(a) They are mentally capable but emotionally helpless.
(b) They get a better education.
(c) They tend to become spoiled and rude.
(d) They are less prepared to deal with life outside of school.

2. On his journey to Hampton, Booker runs out of money for public transportation. How does he continue his journey?
(a) Hopping onto a freight train.
(b) Walking and hitching rides.
(c) Hiding in a hay wagon.
(d) Borrowing a bicycle, which he later returns.

3. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) One hundred.

4. Shortly after acquiring their freedom, where does the author's family move to?
(a) Mather, Pennsylvania.
(b) Elkins, West Virginia.
(c) Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
(d) Malden, West Virginia.

5. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?
(a) Farm.
(b) Restaurant.
(c) Library.
(d) Circus.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of Booker's students at Tuskegee are at least:

2. Booker observes that during the Reconstruction Period, many who held public office were unable to do what after leaving office?

3. Booker comments that his students at Tuskegee are anxious to learn:

4. Booker notes that many blacks of his era wanted to learn what two languages?

5. In addition to teaching day and night classes and doing tutoring, Booker teaches:

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Booker and his family reach their new home after they are freed?

2. What does Booker do after completing his studies with honors?

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

4. What is the Tuskegee Institute like in its earliest days?

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

6. What challenges does Booker encounter along his journey to Hampton?

7. What does Booker T. Washington know about his birth?

8. What does Booker mean when he says that the people of Tuskegee are prone to some excess?

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

10. What jobs does Booker have as a child in Malden?

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