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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Bessie says she intends to live to be how old?
(a) 110.
(b) 125.
(c) 115.
(d) 120.

3. Which one of the following was a main goal of the Jim Crow laws?
(a) Right to vote.
(b) Land ownership.
(c) Public speaking.
(d) Higher taxes.

4. Which of the following adjectives was often used by the neighbors to describe the sisters?
(a) Resourceful.
(b) Spry.
(c) Decrepit.
(d) Ornery.

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

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

7. Neither sister had ever _____.
(a) Married.
(b) Learned to read.
(c) Moved away from home.
(d) Gone to school.

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

9. What is the word used that means those who tend to say negative things about others?
(a) Advocates.
(b) Protestors.
(c) Supporters.
(d) Detractors.

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

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

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

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

14. Although the sisters can be very different, they are _____.
(a) Balanced.
(b) Biased.
(c) Similar.
(d) Opinionated.

15. In what month was Sadie born?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) July.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the surname of the author that wrote about the Delanys?

2. Sadie says the hardest thing about being old is that she no longer has many ______.

3. How old is Bessie?

4. In what state were the Delanys raised?

5. The women rarely used which of the following?

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