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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Reconstruction Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the potato bin that Booker describes from his childhood home?
(a) A large closet for storing sweet potatoes to be dried for the winter.
(b) A hollowed out spot in the middle of the floor for storing sweet potatoes.
(c) A large outdoor storage bin for holding potatoes to be processed the next day.
(d) A wooden bin under the porch for drying and storing potatoes.

2. In the author's view, how would the freed slaves have been better served?
(a) Through the availability of work-study programs.
(b) Through trained advisors who could help with the transition.
(c) If the state government had created a job-finding service for them.
(d) If the federal government had made plans to teach them.

3. Booker T. Washington spends his early years, from his birth until the end of the Civil War, as:
(a) A homeless child.
(b) An orphan.
(c) A refugee.
(d) A slave.

4. Why do young Booker and his family live in the plantation's kitchen?
(a) It was a guest house before being converted into a kitchen.
(b) The family most likely is asked to live there.
(c) There's probably no room elsewhere on the plantation.
(d) It's warmer than the cabins on the property.

5. The author notes that many people who got an inkling of education became:
(a) Teachers or preachers.
(b) Public speakers or politicians.
(c) Doctors or attorneys.
(d) Entrepreneurs or salesmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say he learns about manual labor from Miss Mackie?

2. What is the first number that Booker says he learns?

3. What agreement is made so that Booker can spend more time at school?

4. Although he is uncertain of the exact location of his birth, Booker T. Washington believes he was born near a:

5. Once freed, how do Booker and his family reach their new home to live with his stepfather?

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