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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Mr. Delany when he was freed from slavery?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 9.
(d) 10.

2. What is Sadie's real first name?
(a) Sally.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Susie.
(d) Sandy.

3. What was the name of the town where Nanny's sister lived?
(a) Brown Mountain.
(b) Harper's Ferry.
(c) Port Royal.
(d) Lynch's Station.

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

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

6. In what year did the Jim Crow laws take effect on a federal level?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1940.

7. Bessie threw a fit when she realized that one of Sadie's other rooms was infested with which of the following?
(a) Lice.
(b) Roaches.
(c) Rats.
(d) Bedbugs.

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

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

10. While traveling, Sadie often stayed at the ____ house, located three miles outside Raleigh.
(a) O'Malley.
(b) O'Riordan.
(c) O'Brien.
(d) O'Kelly.

11. Bessie ended up staying in the hospital for how many weeks?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

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

13. How old is Bessie?
(a) 101.
(b) 102.
(c) 103.
(d) 100.

14. The writer was the daughter of which famous singer?
(a) Lena Horne.
(b) Billie Holiday.
(c) Ella Fitzgerald.
(d) Sarah Vaughn.

15. Where did the child attend school?
(a) Georgetown.
(b) University of North Carolina.
(c) NYU.
(d) Shaw University.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Sadie's first serious boyfriend?

2. What was the profession for Mr. Delany?

3. Nanny stood up to a woman for calling her ____, a common insult at the time.

4. What caused the injury?

5. Which of the following adjectives was often used by the neighbors to describe the sisters?

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