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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to equality, the Negroes sought which of the following?
(a) Land ownership.
(b) More social opportunity.
(c) Good pay.
(d) Lack of slavery.

2. What would it have meant if Sweet had backed out of the house deal?
(a) Sweet would lose patients.
(b) Public humiliation.
(c) The Sweet children could not go to a black school.
(d) Sweet would have to forfeit his practice.

3. What years saw the height of the migration?
(a) 1912-1918.
(b) 1898-1914.
(c) 1875-1901.
(d) 1900-1915.

4. In what year does Sweet meet his future wife?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1922.

5. How much notice did the police have of the Sweets' move?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 24 hours.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

6. In which county did the slave owner settle?
(a) Leicester.
(b) Leonard.
(c) Leopold.
(d) Leon.

7. What percentage rate did the Sweets have to pay to buy the house?
(a) 24%.
(b) 16%.
(c) 12%.
(d) 18%.

8. Whose wife was attacked and raped?
(a) Senator's wife.
(b) Minister's wife.
(c) Sweet's wife.
(d) Soldier's wife.

9. What was the name of the university attended by Sweet?
(a) William and Mary.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Duke.
(d) Wilberforce.

10. What is the name of the police inspector?
(a) Norris.
(b) Washington.
(c) McPherson.
(d) Murray.

11. How much did Sweet invest in the pharmacy?
(a) $250.
(b) $500.
(c) $100.
(d) $1,000.

12. What did Sweet's other brother do for a living?
(a) Housekeeper.
(b) Auto factory worker.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Lawyer.

13. Which group had a stronghold in Detroit?
(a) United Auto Workers.
(b) 700 Club.
(c) Ku Klux Klan.
(d) Teamsters.

14. What was the name of the organization based on stamping out racism?
(a) NAACP.
(b) The Lincoln Brigade.
(c) African Methodist Episcopal Church.
(d) King's Warriors.

15. Where did Sweet hail from?
(a) Florida.
(b) New York.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Massachusetts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Sweet born?

2. What is the name of Sweet's younger brother?

3. Who was the first member of the Sweet family to arrive in Florida?

4. How much money did Sweet have when he arrived in Detroit?

5. What is the name of the couple's daughter?

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