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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. When he arrives at the school he's overseeing in Tuskegee, what does Booker find?

2. Why do the blacks at Hampton agree to room with Indians?

3. When Booker travels with a young Indian boy who is ill, how are they treated by outsiders?

4. Why is the plantation kitchen usually removed from the rest of the house?

5. When the author writes about the condition of the school he oversees in Tuskegee, what does he say about an umbrella?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Booker's experience of traveling with an Indian boy who is ill.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Booker do after completing his studies with honors?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What legacy does Booker T. Washington leave behind? How would you say that his life's work contributes to education and race relations today?

Essay Topic 2

Through his lifetime of work, Booker not only lifts himself up also but creates opportunities for countless blacks.

1. Citing examples, show how Booker helps blacks advance during the post-Civil War era and into the twentieth century.

2. Explain how holding on to his values and living his passion enable Booker to help countless people.

Essay Topic 3

1. Describe the various jobs Booker has as a child, first as a slave on a plantation and later as a free person in his stepfather's town.

2. What hardships does young Booker endure?

3. What lessons does he learn though these hardships?

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