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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What food item did the girl give to Bessie?
(a) Mashed potatoes.
(b) Cornbread.
(c) Jello.
(d) Ice cream.

4. What city did the Delanys refer to as their hometown?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Raleigh.
(c) New York.
(d) Danville.

5. What was the writer's first name?
(a) Beth.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Gail.
(d) Annie.

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

7. Sadie ended up teaching all over which North Carolina county?
(a) Avery.
(b) Buncombe.
(c) Madison.
(d) Wake.

8. Jim Crow laws were put into effect in which year?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1903.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1899.

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

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

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

12. In what year did Henry and Nanny get married?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1879.

13. Grandpa Miliam once told Nanny that every one of her children could have been a:
(a) Detective.
(b) Preacher.
(c) Politician.
(d) Snake oil salesman.

14. The sisters think that many men may have been put off by their _____.
(a) Mother.
(b) Independence.
(c) Father.
(d) Attitudes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the children went to college?

2. Where was Henry Delany born?

3. What was the name of the town where Nanny's sister lived?

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

5. What was the profession for Mr. Delany?

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