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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 word did people use to describe Bessie as a child?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Troublesome.
(c) Scrawny.
(d) Picky.
2. The sisters absolutely refuse to have a ____.
(a) Car.
(b) Helper.
(c) Computer.
(d) Phone.
3. When Bessie was about 15, the region was struck with a _____ epidemic.
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Scarlet fever.
4. Which famous case was responsible for the introduction of the laws?
(a) Plessy v. Ferguson.
(b) Delany v. North Carolina.
(c) Roe v. Wade.
(d) Brown v. The Board of Education.
5. Bessie talks about her little sister Julia and her fear of which of the following:
(a) Spiders.
(b) Heights.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Snakes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Bessie jokes that not being married meant that she would not be ____ to death.
2. What was the profession for Mr. Delany?
3. Sadie says the hardest thing about being old is that she no longer has many ______.
4. What did the Delanys call racist white men?
5. The event that caused the start of the Jim Crow era involved a man from which state?
Short Essay Questions
1. How old was Henry Delany when he was freed? How was Henry affected?
2. What was the reaction of many slaves when slavery ended? What did the slaves do upon being freed?
3. Sadie talks about the drawbacks of being old. Discuss at least two references Sadie makes to her advanced age.
4. Where did Henry and Nanny meet? What was unusual about their wedding?
5. Name at least one thing that bothered Bessie the most about the rebbys.
6. What about the Delany sisters surprises most people? What is the general opinion of the Delany sisters' neighbors?
7. Discuss the wedding of Henry and Nanny Delany.
8. What was the marital status of the sisters? What was their explanation?
9. What is an issue-free Negro? What is the difference between an issue-free slave and a freed slave?
10. What two major events were the death knells of Jim Crow?
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