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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term used when one's parent is free, albeit with black ancestry?
(a) Freedman.
(b) Slave.
(c) Issue-free.
(d) Borderline.

2. Delany went to which school?
(a) St. Augustine's.
(b) Notre Dame.
(c) Howard University.
(d) Southern Methodist University.

3. Where was Henry Delany born?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Georgia.

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

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

6. Which famous activist often visited Raleigh?
(a) DuBois.
(b) Washington.
(c) Eggers.
(d) King.

7. What was the name of the little girl in the next bed?
(a) Annabelle.
(b) Amaza.
(c) Angela.
(d) Alice.

8. What word is best used to describe Bessie?
(a) Calm.
(b) Rude.
(c) Passive.
(d) Feisty.

9. Sadie says that if Bessie gets her wish, she will have to live to be ____.
(a) 116.
(b) 122.
(c) 131.
(d) 119.

10. What did the Delanys call racist white men?
(a) Grunt.
(b) Rebby.
(c) Beseecher.
(d) Pigheaded.

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

12. Which of the following was not mentioned as one of the other diseases to strike St. Aug's school?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Rheumatic fever.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Tuberculosis.

13. How old was Mr. Delany when he was freed from slavery?
(a) 10.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

14. Mr. Delany often told Bessie that she could catch more flies with ____ than with vinegar.
(a) Salt.
(b) Molasses.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sugar.

15. According to the book, the Delanys were referred to as being at the top of black ______.
(a) Standards.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Intelligentsia.
(d) Celebrities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Bessie's pet pig?

2. Where did the child attend school?

3. Grandpa Miliam once told Nanny that every one of her children could have been a:

4. What is Sadie's real first name?

5. The women rarely used which of the following?

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