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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the professions is not mentioned by Bessie when she talks about blacks being the backbone of the country?
(a) Undertakers.
(b) Butchers.
(c) Porters.
(d) Barbers.

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

3. What was the profession for Mr. Delany?
(a) Clerk.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Lawyer.

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

5. The sisters think that many men may have been put off by their _____.
(a) Independence.
(b) Attitudes.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

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

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

8. In what year was Sadie born?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1889.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1891.

9. In what state were the Delanys raised?
(a) Georgia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

10. What was the surname of the author that wrote about the Delanys?
(a) Bronson.
(b) Buckley.
(c) Badger.
(d) Burke.

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

12. What was the name of Nanny's midwife?
(a) Mrs. Humbert.
(b) Miss Kenney.
(c) Miss Frederick.
(d) Mrs. Robertson.

13. Where did the child attend school?
(a) Georgetown.
(b) University of North Carolina.
(c) NYU.
(d) Shaw University.

14. In what year did Sadie graduate from St. Augustine's school?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1908.

15. Bessie refers to which saint?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peter.
(c) Luke.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bessie's real first name?

2. How many Delany children were there in total?

3. What did the Delanys call racist white men?

4. In what year did Henry and Nanny get married?

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

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