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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the book written?
(a) 1993
(b) 1996.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1991.

2. Bessie talks about her little sister Julia and her fear of which of the following:
(a) Heights.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Snakes.

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

4. Jim Crow was a well known ____ character.
(a) Political.
(b) Fictional.
(c) Cartoon.
(d) Minstrel.

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

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

7. The sisters absolutely refuse to have a ____.
(a) Phone.
(b) Car.
(c) Helper.
(d) Computer.

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

9. Delany was required to convert to which faith?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Lutheran.

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

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

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

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

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. In which state did Henry's family live at this time?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Louisiana.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bessie jokes about arriving at which place?

3. Mr. Delany often told Bessie that she could catch more flies with ____ than with vinegar.

4. How old was Mr. Delany when he was freed from slavery?

5. The women rarely used which of the following?

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