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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the town where Nanny's sister lived?
(a) Port Royal.
(b) Brown Mountain.
(c) Lynch's Station.
(d) Harper's Ferry.

4. Sadie had to argue with which organization to receive money owed to her?
(a) Board of Education.
(b) Parents' bank.
(c) Social Security.
(d) NAACP.

5. What is the name of Nanny's sister?
(a) Anna.
(b) Georgina.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Eliza.

6. Jim Crow was a well known ____ character.
(a) Fictional.
(b) Political.
(c) Cartoon.
(d) Minstrel.

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

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

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

10. Black students in which state were the first to break the laws regarding segregation in public schools?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Florida.
(d) Louisiana.

11. After Sadie graduated from St. Aug's, Henry told her that she owed it to her ______ to go on to get a higher education.
(a) Nation.
(b) Siblings.
(c) Parents.
(d) Future students.

12. How old was Bessie when she left home by herself for the first time?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

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

14. How long had the sisters lived in that area?
(a) 80 years.
(b) 75 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 55 years.

15. Which of the children sustained a major injury to the hand?
(a) Bessie.
(b) Hap.
(c) Lemuel.
(d) Hubert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie talks about her little sister Julia and her fear of which of the following:

2. In what year was the book written?

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

4. How many Delany children were there in total?

5. Which famous case was responsible for the introduction of the laws?

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