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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 Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate:

2. When Booker speaks of the Christmas season, what is his complaint?

3. Booker is invited to serve on what kind of board?

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

5. Booker points out that those who can't offer his Tuskegee school monetary donations instead offer:

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Booker say about approaching the very wealthy for support for his school?

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

3. How long are Booker and his second wife married?

4. What hardships are experienced when Booker, his staff, and his students launch a boarding program effort at Tuskegee?

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

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

7. What important lesson does Booker T. Washington say he learns from General Armstrong?

8. Describe Booker's disappointment in how the people of Tuskegee regard Christmas and what he decides to do to improve the situation.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Booker T. Washington's life as a child and a slave with his life as an adult and an educator.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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