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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 wants a cap in order to fit in at his school, what does his mother do?
(a) Makes him a cap out of scrap denim.
(b) Tells him to get a second job so he can afford to buy a cap.
(c) Sells her ring to buy him a cap.
(d) Buys less food to save money for a cap.

2. What does Booker remark regarding the acceptance of Indians by the blacks at Hampton?
(a) He states that the acceptance is perfectly natural and normal.
(b) He says that any other group would have done the same.
(c) He wonders if another race would have been as welcoming.
(d) He feels there was more tension than there should have been.

3. When the author writes about the condition of the school he oversees in Tuskegee, what does he say about an umbrella?
(a) On rainy days, a student holds an umbrella over Booker's head because the classroom leaks.
(b) There is only one umbrella available to the class, and students take turns using it.
(c) When Booker's umbrella tears in a violent storm, there are no funds available for a replacement, so he patches it up.
(d) On "Teacher Appreciation Day," the students collect just enough money to buy Booker a gift of an umbrella.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Booker explains that some girls who had worked as laundresses went to school for six to eight years and came out not wanting to do laundry but wanting:

3. Booker says that even as a very young child, most of his time is spent:

4. Booker feels that some individuals were not served well enough by their education and that, in the end, their desires increased but:

5. Among the unnecessary excesses that he describes for the families of Tuskegee living in poverty, what does Booker include?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain why Booker feels that many students come out of school with an education but without the ability to make a living.

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