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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. It was common for Bessie to shoo which group away from their street?
(a) Panhandlers.
(b) Homeless.
(c) Protestors.
(d) Gangs.

3. Hap's wife convinced the sisters to move to which area?
(a) Wilmington.
(b) Westbury.
(c) Westchester.
(d) White Plains.

4. The family was worried when the nephew went from the family home in Harlem to boot camp in which Southern state?
(a) Georgia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) Texas.

5. Sadie is quoted as saying, "Life is short, and it's up to you to make it ____."
(a) Sweet.
(b) Last.
(c) Worthwhile.
(d) Count.

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

7. The Delany in the service helped to build which famous road?
(a) Burma.
(b) Munich.
(c) Brenner Pass.
(d) Seoul.

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

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

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

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

12. In what year did this event occur?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1955.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of those cases, how many did Hubert lose?

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

3. Manross was refused entry to a white family's home even though he had _____.

4. Which sibling's son joined the service?

5. Which child died shortly before Nanny's death?

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