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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sisters often received visitors from people that wanted to _____ to the sisters.
(a) Be argumentative.
(b) Evangelize.
(c) Cowtow.
(d) Be kind.

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

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

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

5. How many Delany children were there in total?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.

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

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

8. 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) Future students.
(b) Nation.
(c) Parents.
(d) Siblings.

9. Bessie says she would treat her pet ____ better than she was treated by many white people.
(a) Buzzard.
(b) Rat.
(c) Snake.
(d) Pirahna.

10. What caused the injury?
(a) Gun.
(b) Schoolyard brawl.
(c) Knife.
(d) Accidental fall.

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

12. What was the name of Sadie's first serious boyfriend?
(a) Frank.
(b) Jim.
(c) Sam.
(d) Jack.

13. Bessie jokes about arriving at which place?
(a) Pearly Gates.
(b) Macy's.
(c) The homestead.
(d) The White House.

14. Delany was required to convert to which faith?
(a) Episcopalian.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Lutheran.

15. Nanny's family lived in a town that had the same name as which animal?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Wallaby.
(c) Beagle.
(d) Yak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie refers to which saint?

2. Sadie says that if Bessie gets her wish, she will have to live to be ____.

3. What word did people use to describe Bessie as a child?

4. Delany went to which school?

5. The sisters felt that going to the doctor would benefit them little and that they would most likely be treated like a _____.

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