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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Julia was proficient in playing which instrument?
(a) Cello.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Violin.

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

3. It was decided that Sadie would work until age ____.
(a) 58.
(b) 62.
(c) 60.
(d) 65.

4. Bessie objects to which of the following due to her age?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Insurance.
(c) Nursing homes.
(d) Healthcare.

5. What was the term used to describe the child's condition?
(a) Reversed.
(b) Uncognitive.
(c) Colicky.
(d) Spastic.

6. In what month did the crash take place?
(a) June.
(b) April.
(c) October.
(d) December.

7. Sadie often shopped at what kind of store?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Dry goods.
(c) Bread.
(d) Furniture.

8. What was the name of the funeral parlor where Nanny was laid to rest?
(a) Murphy's.
(b) Johnson's.
(c) Sam's.
(d) Burt's.

9. How old was the child when he died?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

10. What is another name for an act of revitalization?
(a) Reorganization.
(b) Rennaisance.
(c) Rebirth.
(d) Gentrification.

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

12. What was the name of Bessie's boyfriend at the time?
(a) Dean.
(b) Rick.
(c) Dave.
(d) Bob.

13. Which of the Delany children served in World War II?
(a) Manross.
(b) Hubert.
(c) Lemeul.
(d) Harry.

14. Where was the garden planted?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Newark.
(d) Bronx.

15. Nanny had often referred to Sadie as her _____.
(a) Favorite child.
(b) Little one.
(c) Spitting image.
(d) Shadow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the editor of the Amsterdam News?

2. In what month did the event occur?

3. Who built a house before the sisters moved to the area?

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

5. Where did the sisters live when their house was condemned by the government?

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