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

2. What does Booker comment about the schools in Tuskegee?
(a) Most are well equipped and have good teachers.
(b) Most are well equipped but their teachers need better training.
(c) Most are poorly equipped but boast top-notch teachers.
(d) Most are poorly equipped and their teachers are not properly prepared.

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

4. What did Lewis Adams learn while still in slavery?
(a) Reading, writing, dairy farming, cooking, and blacksmithing.
(b) Working with precious metals and semi-precious stones.
(c) Working with leather and metals.
(d) Reading, writing, shoemaking, harness making, and tinsmithing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Booker decides to go to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, how does his community help him?

2. What is Booker's brother's name?

3. Due to overcrowding at Hampton, there isn't enough room in the dormitories and some students have to spend the winter in:

4. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?

5. While Booker T. Washington is still teaching at Malden, who contacts him regarding a position at Hampton?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Booker describe the residents of Tuskegee?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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