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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Booker remarks that too many people use the Christmas season as:
(a) A time to overindulge in rich foods.
(b) A time to complain to relatives and employers.
(c) A holiday for bribing teachers with gifts.
(d) An excuse to ignore work and drink excessively.

2. Because he's disappointed by how the people of Tuskegee regard Christmas, what does Booker introduce at his school?
(a) History of Christianity.
(b) Bible teachings.
(c) Ethics education.
(d) Lessons from major world religions.

3. Regarding the people that Booker approaches to support Tuskegee Institute, he notes that:
(a) Most consider him to be doing "our work."
(b) Most are uninterested.
(c) Few actually offer funds.
(d) Most try to find a polite way to get out of helping.

4. What does Booker state about the attitude of his Tuskegee students against manual labor?
(a) It doesn't change at all.
(b) It is counterproductive.
(c) It begins to change.
(d) It is perfectly understandable.

5. What expo is Booker invited to speak at in September of 1895?
(a) The International Northern States Exposition.
(b) The Boston World Exposition.
(c) The Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition.
(d) The Alabama Agricultural and Industrial Exposition.

6. Who is Washington's third wife?
(a) JoEllen Agnes Baker.
(b) Margaret James Murray.
(c) Elizabeth Stanton Smith.
(d) Martha Jones Jackson.

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

8. When Miss Davidson travels to ask for financial support for the Tuskegee Institute, she meets two Northern ladies who agree to donate:
(a) Twenty cents of every dollar they earn.
(b) Six thousand dollars a year.
(c) Four hundred dollars a month.
(d) Half of their inheritance.

9. What do Booker and his students discover when they first try to make bricks?
(a) They don't have the right materials.
(b) It's terribly time-consuming and boring.
(c) It's easier than it looks.
(d) It's not easy.

10. As Booker prepares to speak at the expo in 1895, he feels the weight of responsibility because his audience consists of:
(a) Northerners, Southerners, blacks, and whites.
(b) Fellow educators.
(c) Wealthy potential donors.
(d) Politicians and other influential policy makers.

11. How does a mill owner help the Tuskegee Institute?
(a) Providing lumber for a large central building.
(b) Making a very large monetary donation.
(c) Building new desks for the students.
(d) Offering apprenticeships to several of the students.

12. What does Booker say about the way that Southerners treat him?
(a) They treat him poorly.
(b) They are indifferent to him.
(c) They never insult him.
(d) They treat him like royalty.

13. When Booker speaks of the Christmas season, what is his complaint?
(a) People give each other useless trinkets.
(b) People have forgotten the true meaning of Christmas.
(c) Stores sell too many unnecessary items.
(d) Churches must shorten their Christmas services.

14. During his speech at the Atlanta Exposition, Washington says people need to work together to pull the South up, or else:
(a) Allow others to pull against progress.
(b) Bury their heads in the sand like an ostrich.
(c) Give up and walk away.
(d) Watch in despair as the nation crumbles.

15. Who is Robert C. Bedford?
(a) The director of a nearby white elementary school.
(b) A black pastor at a white church.
(c) A white pastor at a black church.
(d) The director of a nearby black elementary school.

Short Answer Questions

1. After dining with two women in a train's dining section, Booker goes to the smoking car where he expects:

2. What moment does Booker say he enjoys the most when giving a speech?

3. When Booker goes to the smoking car of a train after dining with two women, what happens?

4. At his speaking engagement at the expo in 1895, Booker is:

5. What do donors and supporters of Tuskegee thank Washington for?

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