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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the street referred to as a white neighborhood?
(a) Greenwich Street.
(b) Garland Avenue.
(c) Grimoire Lane.
(d) Gandolf Avenue.

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

3. In what month was election day in 1923?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) May.
(d) January.

4. What is the name of the slave's wife?
(a) Greta.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Gemma.
(d) Gilla.

5. Who agreed to spend the first two nights at the Sweet house?
(a) Dr. Sweet's brothers.
(b) Mrs. Sweet's parents.
(c) Dr. Sweet's assistant.
(d) The chauffeur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not a big part of the Detroit scene in early 1925?

2. Where was Dr. Sweet's practice?

3. Which group had a stronghold in Detroit?

4. How many children were in Sweet's family?

5. What did Sweet's other brother do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the real estate situation in Detroit at the time?

2. Describe the actions of the Waterworks Park Improvement Association regarding real estate.

3. Describe briefly the election debacle involving the KKK.

4. Describe the social climate in Detroit in 1925.

5. Explain the Sweets' choice to send their son to Wilberforce University.

6. When Sweet was arrested, he carried with him a piece of evidence. What was it?

7. What did Sweet have in common with other Negroes of the same age?

8. Name the people with which Sweet formed a professional relationship.

9. Describe the celebration upon the Sweets' arrival in the new home.

10. Who agrees to spend the first couple of nights at the Sweets' new home?

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