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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bessie gave which of the following a "comeuppance" over the ordeal?
(a) Judge.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Commissioner.
(d) Construction crew chief.

2. Which man's assassination is not mentioned in this section?
(a) Bobby Kennedy.
(b) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(c) Medgar Evers.
(d) JFK.

3. The sisters felt that going to the doctor would benefit them little and that they would most likely be treated like a _____.
(a) Scientific experiment.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Rare human specimen.
(d) Sideshow act.

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

5. Which famous writer was the only one to stay in Harlem after the Renaissance?
(a) Hughes.
(b) Fitzgerald.
(c) DuBois.
(d) Washington.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sisters talk about shortages in various goods including which of the following?

2. What was the surname of the author that wrote about the Delanys?

3. What was the name of the town where Nanny's sister lived?

4. Bessie says she would treat her pet ____ better than she was treated by many white people.

5. Nanny stood up to a woman for calling her ____, a common insult at the time.

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