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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 feels that the people of Tuskegee should be using part of their land for what?
(a) Raising dairy cows.
(b) Growing vegetables.
(c) Planting trees.
(d) Raising chickens and geese.

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?
(a) The proprietor keeps it.
(b) Two customers come forward to claim the money.
(c) The proprietor asks his customers who is missing ten dollars.
(d) A customer tells them it was left as a tip.

3. What job does Booker take to pay for his room and board at Hampton?
(a) Tutor.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Cook.

4. Booker comments that his students at Tuskegee are anxious to learn:
(a) Only the subjects that they find interesting.
(b) Only practical subjects.
(c) Math, especially calculus.
(d) Whatever he hands them.

5. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?
(a) His brother and sister will help tend to the sheep.
(b) He will work odd jobs to earn money to pay for school.
(c) His mother will hire a helper for the house.
(d) He will work mornings and afternoons, attending school in between work shifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. As he travels to Hampton, the author arrives in Richmond, Virginia, flat broke and spends the night where?

2. Why is the plantation kitchen usually removed from the rest of the house?

3. In the chapter "Boyhood Days," what does Booker say he does in order to get to school on time?

4. What does Booker nickname the night school he teaches at Hampton?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Booker say about those who become teachers and preachers?

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

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

6. Describe Booker's first group of students at Tuskegee.

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

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

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

10. Booker decides it's time for him to go to Hampton. What is Hampton?

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