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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Booker purchase to help his students learn more about working with their hands?

2. All of Booker's students at Tuskegee are at least:

3. What is the first number that Booker says he learns?

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

5. Booker notes that even though the slaves are well informed, the biggest downfall is what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does young Booker do on the plantation as a slave?

2. Who is Olivia A. Davidson?

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

4. Describe Booker's early childhood family and home.

5. Upon obtaining their freedom, where do Booker and his family go?

6. What challenges does Booker encounter along his journey to Hampton?

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

8. Booker decides it's time for him to go to Hampton. What is Hampton?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Whether or not he realizes it, Booker T. Washington is an innovator. He makes innovations in teaching methods, school programs, and school curriculum. Describe, in detail, what innovations Booker brings about in education and how he puts them into effect.

Essay Topic 2

The author spends some time discussing race relations.

1. Summarize a few of the key points Booker makes regarding the interactions, attitudes, and tension between blacks and whites.

2. What negative behaviors and trends does he observe?

3. What positive interactions does he notice between the two races?

4. What conclusions does he reach regarding race relations?

Essay Topic 3

There are times in his life when Booker learns hard lessons. What are some of the hard lessons Booker learns? How does he maintain a sense of optimism or hope after difficult or disappointing experiences? What prevents him from losing faith in humanity?

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