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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. Does General Armstrong teach at Tuskegee?

3. Who becomes Tuskegee Institute's treasurer and substitute principal?

4. After dining with two women in a train's dining section, Booker goes to the smoking car where he expects:

5. As Booker prepares to speak at the expo in 1895, he feels the weight of responsibility because his audience consists of:

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Booker go to Europe?

3. What burden does Booker feel he carries as his speaking engagements increase?

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

5. Describe the attempt by Booker and his students to build a kiln for baking bricks.

6. Give examples of how different people support Tuskegee Institute.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What kind of teacher is Booker? What makes him stand apart? How does he regard his students? How do his students regard him? In what ways is he an exceptional educator?

Essay Topic 3

Citing specific examples from the book, explain how the following influence Booker's work:

1. Faith.

2. Drive.

3. Community.

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