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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the profession for Mr. Delany?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Clerk.
(d) Doctor.

2. How old is Bessie?
(a) 102.
(b) 101.
(c) 103.
(d) 100.

3. Nanny's family lived in a town that had the same name as which animal?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Yak.
(c) Beagle.
(d) Wallaby.

4. What was the name of Bessie's pet pig?
(a) Retta.
(b) Rennie.
(c) Babs.
(d) Willie.

5. Bessie jokes about arriving at which place?
(a) The homestead.
(b) Pearly Gates.
(c) Macy's.
(d) The White House.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim Crow laws were put into effect in which year?

2. Sadie says that Bessie has great _____ but does not use it.

3. What word is best used to describe Bessie?

4. Bessie says she intends to live to be how old?

5. What was Bessie's profession?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Henry and Nanny meet? What was unusual about their wedding?

2. What type of school is St. Augustine's? When was it established? Where is it located?

3. The living arrangements for the sisters were somewhat unusual considering their respective ages. What was the arrangement?

4. Name at least one thing that bothered Bessie the most about the rebbys.

5. How was Henry Delany presented with the opportunity to go to college? What major life change was Henry asked to make?

6. Discuss Jim Crow Days. When did they occur? What was changed by the laws?

7. What is an issue-free Negro? What is the difference between an issue-free slave and a freed slave?

8. Discuss the births of the ten children, including their full names and birth years.

9. What two major events were the death knells of Jim Crow?

10. Discuss the age and relationship between the two sisters.

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