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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON READING CONTROL

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Booker T. Washington was born in Texas.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

When was he born:

a)

In 1855 or 1856

b)

In 1858 or 1859

3.

Booker used to live with his mother, brother and sister in a luxury house.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

What was his mother occupation in the plantation?

a)

Cook

b)

Farmer

5.

Cleaning the yards or to carry water out to the enslaved men in the fields., were some of the duties Booker used to do when he was young?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Which was the worst torture Booker could remember?

a)

Eating corn bread

b)

Pulling of a tooth

7.

When the war ends, Washington’s master calls all his slaves to the big house and reads the Emancipation Proclamation aloud.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Which were the newly freed slaves´ desires, according to Washington.

a)

Change their names to mark their self-possession.

b)

Leave at least for short time their home plantations

c)

Both answers are correct.

9.

After emancipation Washington moves with his family to Malden, West Virginia.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Which was Booker´s first desire when they arrived to their new home.

a)

Explore the place.

b)

Fix the logs

c)

Learn how to read.

11.

By making his hat Washington was trying to?

a)

Impress his schoolmates

b)

Look better

12.

What is the meaning of "T" in Booker T. Washington´s name?

a)

Terrible

b)

Taliaferro

13.

Mrs. Viola Ruffner taught him a love for order and cleanliness, as well as an attention to detail.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Which was Washington´s job at the school.

a)

janitor

b)

principal

15.

Washington believed that lack of experience in politics and lack of education characteristic to the race leads to expected mistakes of black governors.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE