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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. While traveling, Sadie often stayed at the ____ house, located three miles outside Raleigh.
(a) O'Kelly.
(b) O'Malley.
(c) O'Riordan.
(d) O'Brien.

2. If fulfilled, this wish would make Bessie as old as _____.
(a) Moses.
(b) The hills.
(c) Methuselah.
(d) God.

3. In what year did Henry and Nanny get married?
(a) 1879.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1888.

4. In what year did Sadie graduate from St. Augustine's school?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1912.

5. Which one of the following was a main goal of the Jim Crow laws?
(a) Public speaking.
(b) Higher taxes.
(c) Land ownership.
(d) Right to vote.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mr. Delany when he was freed from slavery?

2. The sisters often received visitors from people that wanted to _____ to the sisters.

3. According to the book, the Delanys were referred to as being at the top of black ______.

4. What is Sadie's real first name?

5. How old was Bessie when she left home by herself for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Bessie's opinion of whites? Who was responsible for giving whites a bad name in the eyes of the Negro?

2. What was so important about Henry Delany's foray into the church?

3. Discuss the wedding of Henry and Nanny Delany.

4. Who was the Mock family? How were they important to the Delanys?

5. What prevented people from harassing Nanny's grandparents? What major issue occurred after the death of Mr. Miliam?

6. What was the reaction of many slaves when slavery ended? What did the slaves do upon being freed?

7. What was the public opinion of Henry Delany during his career? What changed the way people viewed the Delany family?

8. Sadie talks about the drawbacks of being old. Discuss at least two references Sadie makes to her advanced age.

9. Henry Beard Delany was born a slave on a Georgia plantation. Examine the Delanys' role in the household. When was Henry freed?

10. What gift of Bessie's was not readily acknowledged? Why was it kept under wraps?

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