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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food item did the girl give to Bessie?
(a) Ice cream.
(b) Mashed potatoes.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) Jello.

2. Nanny's family lived in a town that had the same name as which animal?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Yak.
(c) Beagle.
(d) Wallaby.

3. What was the name of the town where Nanny's sister lived?
(a) Port Royal.
(b) Lynch's Station.
(c) Harper's Ferry.
(d) Brown Mountain.

4. What word did people use to describe Bessie as a child?
(a) Scrawny.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Picky.
(d) Troublesome.

5. Grandpa Miliam once told Nanny that every one of her children could have been a:
(a) Politician.
(b) Snake oil salesman.
(c) Detective.
(d) Preacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Bessie was about 15, the region was struck with a _____ epidemic.

2. The sisters felt that going to the doctor would benefit them little and that they would most likely be treated like a _____.

3. Which famous activist often visited Raleigh?

4. What was the name of the sisters' father?

5. Sadie touts the importance of all but which of the following:?

(see the answer key)

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