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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. At the Tuskegee Institute, Booker absolutely insists that every student have and use a:
(a) Comb.
(b) Toothbrush.
(c) Slide rule.
(d) Fountain pen.

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. Washington travels two thousand miles to give a five-minute speech to whom?
(a) A group of influential people.
(b) A women's group.
(c) The President of the U.S.
(d) A retired general.

4. In "Raising Money," after his meeting with a man whom he expected would donate to his school, how does Booker feel?
(a) Angry but not defeated.
(b) Elated.
(c) As though he wasted his time.
(d) Very grateful.

5. When Booker speaks of the Christmas season, what is his complaint?
(a) Stores sell too many unnecessary items.
(b) People give each other useless trinkets.
(c) Churches must shorten their Christmas services.
(d) People have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas.

Short Answer Questions

1. When asking for funds for his school from the wealthy, Booker notes that it's best to:

2. When Booker travels by train and two women recognize him, they insist that he join them for dinner. Why does this worry him?

3. When Booker is asked how his school can succeed with him gone so much, what does he reply?

4. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:

5. After dining with two women in a train's dining section, Booker goes to the smoking car where he expects:

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Booker go to Europe?

2. Who is Rev. Robert C. Bedford?

3. During his speech to a large audience at the Atlanta Exposition, what does Booker focus on?

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

5. Why does Booker feel it was worth his time to travel two thousand miles just to deliver a five-minute speech?

6. Booker demands cleanliness from his students. What one item does he insist everyone have?

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

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

9. Why do Booker Washington and General Armstrong travel together to larger Northern cities?

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

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