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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Struggle for an Education.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Booker notes that even though the slaves are well informed, the biggest downfall is what?
(a) No hope for advancement.
(b) Lack of book learning.
(c) Lack of free time.
(d) No writing supplies.

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

4. When the Emancipation Proclamation is read to slaves, freeing them immediately, what does Booker say they consider after their initial celebration?
(a) They wonder where they will live and what work they'll do.
(b) They don't trust the masters to abide by the new law.
(c) They ask themselves what state they should move to.
(d) They wonder if they're being told the truth.

5. As a child, Booker lives in a cabin that also serves as:
(a) The plantation's kitchen.
(b) A garden tool storage shed.
(c) The community's meeting hall.
(d) A chicken coop.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Booker decides to go to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute in Virginia, how does his community help him?

2. What does Booker say about his job working in coalmines?

3. Why do young Booker and his family live in the plantation's kitchen?

4. When Booker first starts school, why is he not able to attend full time?

5. What does the author say that all of the newly freed, former slaves want?

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