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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. Booker notes that many blacks of his era wanted to learn what two languages?

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

3. As a child, Booker lives in a cabin that also serves as:

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

5. What does Booker note that the people of Tuskegee want from him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who works closely with Booker to establish the new school in Tuskegee?

6. What does Booker T. Washington know about his birth?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Booker develops and maintains strong work ethics and high standards.

1. Describe Booker's work ethics. How do they help him reach success?

2. What standards does Booker live by? How do these standards help him accomplish great things in his life? Cite specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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