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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bessie ended up staying in the hospital for how many weeks?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. When Bessie was about 15, the region was struck with a _____ epidemic.
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Scarlet fever.

3. What was the name of Sadie's first serious boyfriend?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jim.
(c) Sam.
(d) Frank.

4. The owner of the house did all but which of the following jobs?
(a) Country store owner.
(b) Postmaster.
(c) Sheriff.
(d) Mayor.

5. Sadie says the hardest thing about being old is that she no longer has many ______.
(a) Memories.
(b) Ambitions.
(c) Friends.
(d) Dreams.

6. Where did the sisters live?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) Boca Raton.
(d) New Orleans.

7. The women rarely used which of the following?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Antibiotics.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Cars.

8. The writer was the daughter of which famous singer?
(a) Sarah Vaughn.
(b) Billie Holiday.
(c) Lena Horne.
(d) Ella Fitzgerald.

9. How many of the children went to college?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

10. What is Bessie's real first name?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Anna.

11. In which state was this town located?
(a) Virginia.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Ohio.

12. Although the sisters can be very different, they are _____.
(a) Balanced.
(b) Similar.
(c) Opinionated.
(d) Biased.

13. How old is Bessie?
(a) 100.
(b) 101.
(c) 102.
(d) 103.

14. Bessie says she intends to live to be how old?
(a) 110.
(b) 120.
(c) 115.
(d) 125.

15. The event that caused the start of the Jim Crow era involved a man from which state?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie jokes about arriving at which place?

2. What is the word used that means those who tend to say negative things about others?

3. Where did the child attend school?

4. What food item did the girl give to Bessie?

5. The sisters think that many men may have been put off by their _____.

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