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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 feel should determine the right to vote?

2. How long does it take Booker's school to raise enough money to pay off debt?

3. What does Booker say about the way that Southerners treat him?

4. What expo is Booker invited to speak at in September of 1895?

5. What does Booker T. Washington say that General Armstrong teaches him about racial prejudice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Booker's speech at the Atlanta Exposition received?

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

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

5. What are some of the things that Booker says about his personal experience with public speaking?

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

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

8. How does a mill owner help out Booker's Tuskegee school?

9. Why does Booker go to Europe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

1. What are Booker's thoughts on education as a child? As a teen? As a young man studying to be a teacher? As a young teacher? As the director of a school?

2. How does Booker's philosophy on education evolve over time? In what ways do his ideas remain unchanged?

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