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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Secret of Success in Public Speaking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Booker is hired as a waiter at a classy restaurant, who chastises him, and why?
(a) The host, for getting in the way of other waiters.
(b) The proprietor, for dropping a tray.
(c) The men he's waiting on, for doing a poor job.
(d) The cook, for getting the order wrong.

2. What do most of the farmers in Tuskegee grow?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Corn.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Onions.

3. What is the first number that Booker says he learns?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Eleven.
(d) One.

4. The author tells the story of finding a ten-dollar bill while working at a restaurant. What happens when he shows the money to the proprietor?
(a) The proprietor keeps it.
(b) The proprietor asks his customers who is missing ten dollars.
(c) A customer tells them it was left as a tip.
(d) Two customers come forward to claim the money.

5. Who dies at the end of Booker's second year at Hampton?
(a) His best friend.
(b) His mother.
(c) His stepfather.
(d) A favorite teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Booker says that officials and leaders who visit the Tuskegee Institute are what?

2. Who is Robert C. Bedford?

3. Booker points out that those who can't offer his Tuskegee school monetary donations instead offer:

4. Booker states that efforts to foster community support for his Tuskegee school are:

5. Booker says that even as a very young child, most of his time is spent:

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