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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Raising Money.

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) The cabin sits alone in a secluded, wooded area.
(b) It's as shabby as the one they lived in before.
(c) The roof has holes and there is no stove.
(d) It's much nicer than what they left behind.

2. At the Tuskegee Institute, Booker absolutely insists that every student have and use a:
(a) Comb.
(b) Slide rule.
(c) Toothbrush.
(d) Fountain pen.

3. Booker explains that many Tuskegee families offered gifts to help out his school. Which gift touched him the most?
(a) An accordion offered by a blind man.
(b) Six eggs offered by an older woman.
(c) Two pennies offered by a child.
(d) A chicken offered by an older man.

4. While living with his stepfather, young Booker works:
(a) At salt furnaces.
(b) Selling salt door to door.
(c) Driving salt trucks.
(d) Delivering salt to merchants.

5. The "T" in Booker T. Washington stands for:
(a) Taliaferro.
(b) Theodoro.
(c) Trumbert.
(d) Thomasino.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Booker and his students discover when they first try to make bricks?

2. What does Booker say happens when a student defaces property at the Tuskegee school?

3. When Booker travels with a young Indian boy who is ill, how are they treated by outsiders?

4. Booker notes that even though the slaves are well informed, the biggest downfall is what?

5. Booker feels that the people of Tuskegee should be using part of their land for what?

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