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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. According to the sisters, Nanny's judgment was often _____.
(a) Missing.
(b) Brutal.
(c) Cloudy.
(d) Sharp.

2. What finally killed Julia's only child?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) Aneurysm.

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

4. Which one of the following was a treat the sisters would make for the neighborhood children?
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Homemade potato chips.
(c) Doughnuts.
(d) Taffy.

5. How much money did Nanny receive in her pension check?
(a) $18.
(b) $15.
(c) $10.
(d) $20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used that means the same as angry?

2. Who took possession of Henry's papers and refused to give them up?

3. What type of fruit trees did the Delany sisters have in their yard?

4. Where did the controversy take place?

5. Bessie gave which of the following a "comeuppance" over the ordeal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Bessie's early days at Columbia. Which family member was most helpful to Bessie during that time?

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

3. What prompted the family to move to New York? Who moved to the city first? Why?

4. The sisters talk about the deaths in the family. Who died first? Could any of the deaths have been prevented? Explain.

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

6. Sadie was tricky when it came to getting a job at a high school. What was Sadie's trick? Why was it necessary?

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

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

10. Discuss the effect of the Depression on Harlem. Also discuss the end of the Harlem Renaissance.

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