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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the sisters' father?
(a) Alan.
(b) Henry.
(c) George.
(d) Joseph.

4. What was Sadie's profession?
(a) Singer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Dentist.
(d) Lawyer.

5. In which state was this town located?
(a) Maryland.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Ohio.
(d) West Virginia.

6. Approximately how old was Mr. Delany when he was offered the chance to go to college?
(a) Twenties.
(b) Teens.
(c) Thirties.
(d) Forties.

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

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

9. How many of the children went to college?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

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

11. Where did the sisters live?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) Knoxville.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Boca Raton.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Nanny's family lived in a town that had the same name as which animal?

2. When someone makes a statement and is proven to be wrong, it is often said that the person has to eat ____.

3. The sisters absolutely refuse to have a ____.

4. Bessie refers to which saint?

5. Bessie says she intends to live to be how old?

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