Up from Slavery Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 144 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Up from Slavery Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Harder Task Than Making Bricks Without Straw.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say that all of the newly freed, former slaves want?
(a) To change their names.
(b) Monetary compensation from former masters.
(c) Assistance with adjusting to their new lives.
(d) To own land.

2. What do Booker and his students discover when they first try to make bricks?
(a) It's terribly time-consuming and boring.
(b) They don't have the right materials.
(c) It's not easy.
(d) It's easier than it looks.

3. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?
(a) He will work odd jobs to earn money to pay for school.
(b) He will work mornings and afternoons, attending school in between work shifts.
(c) His brother and sister will help tend to the sheep.
(d) His mother will hire a helper for the house.

4. In order to repay debts Booker's school has accumulated, his co-teacher holds what type of fundraisers?
(a) Festivals.
(b) Bake sales.
(c) Rummage sales.
(d) Reading marathons.

5. What happens when Booker and his students try to construct a kiln for baking bricks?
(a) They fail once, and then get experts to construct the kiln.
(b) It works perfectly the first time.
(c) They fail in their first four attempts.
(d) Two students are seriously injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies at the end of Booker's second year at Hampton?

2. The author completes his studies at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute:

3. After his first year at Hampton, where does Booker work during the summer?

4. What does Booker nickname the night school he teaches at Hampton?

5. Why does Booker have his students build the Tuskegee Institute's buildings?

(see the answer key)

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