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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. Regarding the people that Booker approaches to support Tuskegee Institute, he notes that:
(a) Most consider him to be doing "our work."
(b) Few actually offer funds.
(c) Most are uninterested.
(d) Most try to find a polite way to get out of helping.

2. What does Booker tell people that he enjoys doing in his spare time in Tuskegee?
(a) Plant in his garden and raise fowl.
(b) Visit friends.
(c) Write his memoir.
(d) Engage in philosophical debates.

3. Who is Booker's second wife?
(a) Miss Jefferson.
(b) Miss Davidson.
(c) Miss Mackie.
(d) Miss Ruthie.

4. What happens to Booker's second wife?
(a) She drowns.
(b) She dies young.
(c) She leaves him.
(d) She is kidnapped.

5. When Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate:
(a) Twenty cents of every dollar they earn.
(b) Four hundred dollars a month.
(c) Half of their inheritance.
(d) Six thousand dollars a year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Tuskegee students treat Booker T. Washington?

2. What does Booker's third wife do at Tuskegee?

3. Before giving his speech at the 1895 expo, Booker does what?

4. At the Tuskegee Institute, Booker absolutely insists that every student have and use a:

5. How does Robert Bedford become involved with Tuskegee Institute?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give examples of how different people support Tuskegee Institute.

2. Who are Booker T. Washington's sons?

3. Why do Booker and his students launch an effort to make bricks?

4. Describe the attempt by Booker and his students to build a kiln for baking bricks.

5. What are some of the things that Booker says about his personal experience with public speaking?

6. When asking potential donors for money for a particular building, what other information does Booker share with them?

7. How do his students treat Booker T. Washington?

8. What happens after Booker walks two miles to a man's house to request a donation for his school?

9. Describe Booker's experience on a train ride where he dines in the white section.

10. When he's not working, what does Booker enjoy doing?

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