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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of fruit trees did the Delany sisters have in their yard?
(a) Orange.
(b) Peach.
(c) Apple.
(d) Cherry.

2. How many cases did Hubert prosecute during his career?
(a) 400.
(b) 350.
(c) 500.
(d) 450.

3. What was the name of Julia's husband?
(a) Grant.
(b) Cecil.
(c) Edgar.
(d) Wilber.

4. What was the husband's occupation?
(a) Insurance salesman.
(b) Photographer.
(c) Construction supervisor.
(d) Musician.

5. The Delanys had a great amount of compassion for all but which of the following groups?
(a) Japanese.
(b) Jews.
(c) Gypsies.
(d) Germans.

6. What was the name of the woman's young daughter?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Sarah.

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

8. In what year did the stock market crash?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1933.

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

10. What was the name of Hap's wife?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Cora.
(d) Audrey.

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

12. Three children died after Nanny's death. In which order did the children die?
(a) Sam, Lucius and Julia.
(b) Lucius, Harry and Manross.
(c) Hap, Sadie and Julia.
(d) Lemuel, Bessie and Lucius.

13. Who built a house before the sisters moved to the area?
(a) Manross.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Julia.
(d) Hap.

14. The sisters believed that _____ was the closest they would ever get to heaven on earth.
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) Harlem.
(c) St. Aug's.
(d) Raleigh.

15. Bessie remarks that the Civil Rights Movement suffered from ______ after Martin Luther King, Jr. died.
(a) Drive.
(b) A lack of leadership.
(c) Supporters.
(d) Focus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the children died due to a hospital's negligence?

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

3. It was believed that Nanny was beginning to suffer from which of the following?

4. Which sibling's son joined the service?

5. What was the woman's first name?

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