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Up From Slavery
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What job does Booker take to pay for his room and board at Hampton?
He takes a job as a janitor
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During the winter months, Mrs. Ruffner allows Booker to spend an hour a day to do what?
Go to School
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What were some of the challenges Washington faced making bricks?
Failing kilns
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What object must students have to gain admission to Tuskegee?
A toothbrush
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What does Booker nickname the night school he teaches at Hampton?
The plucky class
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Who was Washington’s rumored father?
A white man from a nearby plantation
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On his way to Hampton, Booker stops at Richmond to earn money for the remainder of his journey. What work does he do in Richmond?
He works on a boat
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How does Washington spends his early years, from his birth until the end of the Civil War?
As a slave
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What do the Hampton night school students do during the day?
They worked in the saw-mill and laundry during the day
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On his journey to Hampton, Booker runs out of money for public transportation. How does he continue his journey?
Walking
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Where does Washington sleep his first time in Richmond?
Under a raised sidewalk
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Teachers at Tuskegee are largely recruited from where?
Graduates of Hampton
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In what state was Washington born?
West Virginia
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Why does Booker have his students build the Tuskegee Institute's buildings?
Because he believes that it will teach them a hard work ethic. He wants them to see the positive result of their actions.
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Which US Pres. visits the Tuskegee Institute?
William McKinley
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Which school of higher education grants Washington an honorary degree?
Harvard
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What is the name of the first building built by students on Tuskegee’s campus?
Porter Hall
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Booker is invited to serve on what kind of board?
Department of Education in Atlanta
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After emancipation, where was Washington’s first job?
A salt-furnace
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What does Booker purchase to help his students learn more about working with their hands?
An old rundown plantation so the students could farm the land
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