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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. When Booker works for Mrs. Ruffner, how much is he paid?
(a) Five dollars a month.
(b) Ten dollars a month.
(c) Ten dollars a week.
(d) Five dollars a week.

2. The "T" in Booker T. Washington stands for:
(a) Taliaferro.
(b) Trumbert.
(c) Thomasino.
(d) Theodoro.

3. Who dies at the end of Booker's second year at Hampton?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His mother.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) A favorite teacher.

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

5. As he travels to Hampton, the author arrives in Richmond, Virginia, flat broke and spends the night where?
(a) Under a drawbridge.
(b) Under a boardwalk.
(c) In a barn.
(d) In a church.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a young boy, one of Booker's jobs is what?

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. The author states that those earning seventy-five or a hundred dollars a month were:

4. By saving enough money, who does Booker help send to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute?

5. Who joins Booker as co-teacher at his school in Tuskegee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Booker's experience of traveling with an Indian boy who is ill.

2. According to Booker, how might blacks suddenly faced with freedom have been better served?

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

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

5. Who works closely with Booker to establish the new school in Tuskegee?

6. How does Booker describe the residents of Tuskegee?

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

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

9. What important lesson does Booker learn working with Miss Mackie, whom he describes as a member of a cultured Northern family?

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

(see the answer keys)

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