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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. After Booker and his family move into a small cabin with his stepfather in a salt-mining community, what do they discover about their new home?
(a) It's as shabby as the one they lived in before.
(b) The roof has holes and there is no stove.
(c) The cabin sits alone in a secluded, wooded area.
(d) It's much nicer than what they left behind.

2. When Booker travels with a young Indian boy who is ill, how are they treated by outsiders?
(a) They are welcomed by everyone they seek help from.
(b) The boy is accepted into establishments that Booker is not allowed to enter.
(c) They are rejected by everyone they seek help from.
(d) Booker is accepted into establishments that the boy is not allowed to enter.

3. What does Booker purchase to help his students learn more about working with their hands?
(a) A defunct restaurant.
(b) A dilapidated barn.
(c) The remains of a plantation.
(d) An acre of forest land.

4. During the time that a new boarding program is being developed at Tuskegee Institute, challenges include:
(a) Having nowhere to cook and no dining hall.
(b) Almost burning down the school.
(c) A shortage of building supplies.
(d) A strike by the school's teachers.

5. Once freed, how do Booker and his family reach their new home to live with his stepfather?
(a) Hitching rides in wagons.
(b) Walk several hundred miles.
(c) Ride mules several hundred miles.
(d) Catch a train.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lewis Adams learn while still in slavery?

2. How does Booker handle complaints by parents who don't want their students to do manual labor at his school?

3. Booker's class at Tuskegee quickly grows to how many students?

4. At Hampton, the blacks and the Indians:

5. Booker states that the vast majority of blacks at Hampton are more than willing to:

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