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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 child died shortly before Nanny's death?
(a) Sam.
(b) Lemuel.
(c) Julia.
(d) Harry.

2. Which of the other children was the same age as the little boy?
(a) Harry.
(b) Henry.
(c) Anna.
(d) Jenny.

3. Who was the first child to die?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Julia.
(d) Manross.

4. What was the name of Julia's husband?
(a) Grant.
(b) Wilber.
(c) Cecil.
(d) Edgar.

5. Which of the Delany children served in World War II?
(a) Manross.
(b) Harry.
(c) Hubert.
(d) Lemeul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month did the crash take place?

2. Manross was refused entry to a white family's home even though he had _____.

3. Who was the editor of the Amsterdam News?

4. The family was worried when the nephew went from the family home in Harlem to boot camp in which Southern state?

5. According to the sisters, Nanny's judgment was often _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Delanys react to the major changes that were going on around them in Harlem?

3. Sadie and Bessie's neighbors in the projects were upset about the actions of the neighborhood kids. How did the sisters react to the issue?

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

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

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

7. Discuss the Delanys' involvement with the up and coming jazz scene in Harlem.

8. Discuss Julia's move to New York. How did Julia's presence affect Bessie's attempt to get work?

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

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

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