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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the surname of the woman who sparked great controversy in the fight against segregation?
(a) King.
(b) Parks.
(c) Kennedy.
(d) Beals.

2. Which of the following groups was not represented in the projects?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Colored.
(c) Jewish.
(d) Christian.

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

4. In what year did the child die?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1943.

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

6. What was the name of the music teacher often visited by the sisters?
(a) Sherwood.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Green.

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

8. Sadie touts the importance of all but which of the following:?
(a) Drinking milk.
(b) Vitamins.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Exercise.

9. Where did the sisters live when their house was condemned by the government?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Mount Vernon.
(d) Bronx.

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

11. 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.

12. What kind of garden did the family plant?
(a) Rose.
(b) Victory.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Japanese.

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

14. What finally killed Julia's only child?
(a) Aneurysm.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Typhoid.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bessie says that she thought Martin Luther King, Jr. was a(n) _____.

2. What was the occupation of the child's father?

3. What was the name of the woman's young daughter?

4. Julia was proficient in playing which instrument?

5. What type of fruit trees did the Delany sisters have in their yard?

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