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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 is the first number that Booker says he learns?
(a) One.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Eleven.

2. During a fight between blacks and whites, what happens to Mr. Ruffner, the white salt mines owner, when he stands up for the blacks?
(a) He is arrested.
(b) He is severely injured.
(c) He is offered the job of mayor.
(d) He is cheered enthusiastically.

3. The author completes his studies at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute:
(a) With honors.
(b) In time to attend his sister's wedding.
(c) Even though half the class fails.
(d) Owing the school a large sum of money.

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) Whatever he hands them.
(d) Math, especially calculus.

5. When the Emancipation Proclamation is read to slaves, freeing them immediately, what does Booker say they consider after their initial celebration?
(a) They wonder if they're being told the truth.
(b) They wonder where they will live and what work they'll do.
(c) They don't trust the masters to abide by the new law.
(d) They ask themselves what state they should move to.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Booker travels with a young Indian boy who is ill, how are they treated by outsiders?

2. When speaking about other students at Hampton, Booker notes that:

3. The author notes that many people who got an inkling of education became:

4. Booker feels that the people of Tuskegee should be using part of their land for what?

5. When Booker wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Booker say that many blacks aspire to during the post-Civil War "Reconstruction Period?"

8. How does Booker T. Washington end up overseeing a new school in Tuskegee, Alabama?

9. Does Mrs. Ruffner encourage Booker to get an education?

10. What is "The Plucky Class?"

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