from Up from Slavery by Booker T. Washington From the time when I could remember anything, I had been called simply “Booker.” Before going to school it had never occurred to me that it was needful or appropriate to have an additional name. When I heard the school-roll called, I noticed that all of the children had at least two names, and some of them indulged in what seemed to me the extravagance of having three. I was in deep perplexity, because I knew that the teacher would demand of me at least two names, and I had only one. By the time the occasion came for the enrolling of my name, an idea occurred to me which I thought would make me equal to the situation; and so, when the teacher asked me what my full name was, I calmly told him “Booker Washington,” as if I had been called by that name all my life; and by that name I have since been known. Later in my life I found that my mother had given me the name of “Booker Taliaferro” soon after I was born, but in some way that part of my name seemed to disappear and for a long while was forgotten, but as soon as I found out about it I revived it, and made my full name “Booker Taliaferro Washington.” I think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that I have.
Use the passage to answer the question.
2. Which of these best defines the form of this passage? (1 point)
persuasive speech
expository essay
autobiographical narrative
biography***
Use the selection to answer the questions.
3. The author of this passage is most likely (1 point)
angry. overjoyed. satisfied.*** troubled.
4. Which excerpt from the selection supports the answer to the previous question? (1 point)
I was in deep perplexity, because I knew that the teacher would demand of me at least two names, and I had only one.
Before going to school it had never occurred to me that it was needful or appropriate to have an additional name.
When I heard the school-roll called, I noticed that all of the children had at least two names, and some of them indulged in what seemed to me the extravagance of having three.
I think there are not many men in our country who have had the privilege of naming themselves in the way that I have. **
