paring an Autobiography to a Biography - Quiz-Level F
Students working on one of the Tuskegee buildings
At first many advised against the experiment of having the
buildings erected by the labor of the students, but I was
determined to stick to it. I told those who doubted the
wisdom of the plan that I knew that our first buildings
would not be so comfortable or so complete in their finish
as buildings erected by the experienced hands of outside
workmen. Mistakes I knew would be made, but these
mistakes would teach us valuable lessons for the future.
How is the information in the
biography and autobiography of
Booker T. Washington alike and
different?
Only the biography describes the
for black
many
Americans after slavery. Both
passages explain how Washington
started the Tuskegee Normal School
and his idea that labor should be
But
only the autobiography describes the
buildings.
the new