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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. Which famous writer was the only one to stay in Harlem after the Renaissance?
(a) Fitzgerald.
(b) DuBois.
(c) Washington.
(d) Hughes.

2. What was the name of the music teacher often visited by the sisters?
(a) Green.
(b) Sherwood.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Wilson.

3. Hubert was active in which famous organization?
(a) CIA.
(b) AARP.
(c) NAACP.
(d) NRA.

4. Which of the following groups was not represented in the projects?
(a) Jewish.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Colored.
(d) Christian.

5. How old was the child when he died?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Julia was proficient in playing which instrument?

2. The Delanys had a great amount of compassion for all but which of the following groups?

3. Three children died after Nanny's death. In which order did the children die?

4. Sadie touts the importance of all but which of the following:?

5. What is another name for an act of revitalization?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who convinced the sisters to move to Westchester? What kind of reception did the sisters receive?

2. How did Nanny's death change Sadie's role in the family? What was the family's reaction to the change?

3. Discuss the main issue in "Outliving the Rebby Boys."

4. Discuss at least two of Bessie's major challenges at Columbia.

5. Who was Little Hubie? Why was he special? What happened to the child?

6. Explain Bessie's first practice. Who shared the office suite with Bessie?

7. How did Sadie make extra money in the early years? What dampened the success of the business?

8. Sadie relays the story of one of her first experiences in New York regarding strangers. What was the experience? What did Sadie learn?

9. Examine the effect Nanny's death had on Sadie.

10. What was the general impression of Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s? What was the other side of the situation?

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