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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Sadie's profession?
(a) Singer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Dentist.

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

3. Jim Crow laws were put into effect in which year?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1899.

4. The reason for the refusal was that the members of the organization thought Sadie was ____.
(a) Working at a new job.
(b) Undeserving.
(c) Dead.
(d) Double dipping.

5. If fulfilled, this wish would make Bessie as old as _____.
(a) Methuselah.
(b) The hills.
(c) God.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sadie's real first name?

2. According to the book, the Delanys were referred to as being at the top of black ______.

3. Jim Crow was a well known ____ character.

4. Which of the professions is not mentioned by Bessie when she talks about blacks being the backbone of the country?

5. In what month was Sadie born?

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