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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. In what year did the Jim Crow laws take effect on a federal level?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1927.

2. In what state were the Delanys raised?
(a) Georgia.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Virginia.

3. Bessie ended up staying in the hospital for how many weeks?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

4. What was the name of the town where Nanny's sister lived?
(a) Lynch's Station.
(b) Harper's Ferry.
(c) Brown Mountain.
(d) Port Royal.

5. The sisters felt that going to the doctor would benefit them little and that they would most likely be treated like a _____.
(a) Sideshow act.
(b) Curiosity.
(c) Scientific experiment.
(d) Rare human specimen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Nanny's midwife?

2. What was the profession for Mr. Delany?

3. Which of the following was not mentioned as one of the other diseases to strike St. Aug's school?

4. What was the name of Sadie's first serious boyfriend?

5. What was the name of Bessie's pet pig?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. The book details the history of Nanny Logan Delany's family. What was unusual about the family dynamic?

4. What is the reputation Bessie created for herself? What does Bessie think will happen to her when she dies?

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

6. How old was Henry Delany when he was freed? How was Henry affected?

7. What was the marital status of the sisters? What was their explanation?

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

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

10. Who helped to take care of the sisters?

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