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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The event that caused the start of the Jim Crow era involved a man from which state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Mississippi.

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

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

6. What is a more common name for a "bull-bat?"
(a) Swallow.
(b) Fruit bat.
(c) Finch.
(d) Crow.

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

8. What word did people use to describe Bessie as a child?
(a) Picky.
(b) Troublesome.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Scrawny.

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

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

11. What is Bessie's real first name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Bonnie.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Anna.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The writer was the daughter of which famous singer?

2. Jim Crow laws were put into effect in which year?

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

4. While traveling, Sadie often stayed at the ____ house, located three miles outside Raleigh.

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

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