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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Manross was refused entry to a white family's home even though he had _____.
(a) Fixed their car.
(b) Recently become the mayor.
(c) Saved their son's life.
(d) Lent money to them.

2. The sisters talk about shortages in various goods including which of the following?
(a) Bread.
(b) Jobs.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Milk.

3. What was the woman's first name?
(a) Caroline.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Rosa.
(d) Coretta.

4. What word is used that means the same as angry?
(a) Flustered.
(b) Miffed.
(c) Confrontational.
(d) Perplexed.

5. How much money did Nanny receive in her pension check?
(a) $15.
(b) $10.
(c) $18.
(d) $20.

6. Who was the first child to die?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Julia.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Manross.

7. Which city was the site of major activity in the Civil Rights Movement?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Orlando.
(d) Selma.

8. Hubert was elected to serve in which government body?
(a) Supreme Court.
(b) Senate.
(c) Congress.
(d) District Court.

9. Who was the editor of the Amsterdam News?
(a) Cruise.
(b) Kelly.
(c) Washington.
(d) Jenkins.

10. What would the man do to prompt the child to eat?
(a) Sing.
(b) Punish.
(c) Read stories.
(d) Yell.

11. What was the name of the nephew who had a special place in the hearts of Sadie and Bessie?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Roonie.
(c) Hubie.
(d) Happy.

12. In what month did the event occur?
(a) December.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) March.

13. What item did Nanny often misplace?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Pension check.
(d) Bible.

14. In what year did Bessie open her dental practice?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1931.

15. Who took possession of Henry's papers and refused to give them up?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Hap.
(c) Bessie.
(d) Hubert.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following was a treat the sisters would make for the neighborhood children?

2. Bessie remarks that the Civil Rights Movement suffered from ______ after Martin Luther King, Jr. died.

3. Where was the garden planted?

4. "Outliving the ____ Boys" details the end of the Jim Crow era.

5. What kind of garden did the family plant?

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