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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. Where does Booker go at the end of his second year at Hampton?
(a) Back to the job he had the previous summer.
(b) Home to see his family.
(c) Virginia Beach for fun and relaxation.
(d) To work for the railroads in Norfolk.

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

3. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?
(a) Eighty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty.

4. Who becomes Tuskegee Institute's treasurer and substitute principal?
(a) Jonathan Armstrong.
(b) Warren Logan.
(c) George Campbell.
(d) Lewis Adams.

5. What do students learn to do on the property that Booker purchases for his school?
(a) Cut down trees and build cabins.
(b) Clean the buildings and plant crops.
(c) Restore the building, then prepare and serve food.
(d) Refurbish the building and tend to farm animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. By saving enough money, who does Booker help send to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute?

2. When Booker is hired as a waiter at a classy restaurant, who chastises him, and why?

3. When he teaches back home in Malden, what does Booker include in his curriculum for his day classes?

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

5. To start with, how many students does Booker have at his school in Tuskegee?

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