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

2. When Booker gets up one evening to check on a group of young men at Tuskegee, what does he find?

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

4. What does General Armstrong loan to the Tuskegee Institute?

5. During his travels, what does Booker like to do on the train rides?

Short Essay Questions

1. Booker demands cleanliness from his students. What one item does he insist everyone have?

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

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

4. During his speech to a large audience at the Atlanta Exposition, what does Booker focus on?

5. Why do Booker Washington and General Armstrong travel together to larger Northern cities?

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

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

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

9. Explain why Washington says he feels responsible for the success of Tuskegee Institute.

10. Who is Rev. Robert C. Bedford?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Booker lives a remarkable life, going from being a slave to being a successful educator whose school is visited by the President of the United States.

1. Describe what Booker thinks about going from poverty and slavery to reaching such great heights.

2. How does he earn the respect he deserves?

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