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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. What was the occupation of the child's father?
(a) Field hand.
(b) Attorney.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Postmaster.

2. What was the term used to describe the child's condition?
(a) Reversed.
(b) Uncognitive.
(c) Colicky.
(d) Spastic.

3. How old was Nanny at this point?
(a) 101.
(b) 98.
(c) 90.
(d) 93.

4. Where did the sisters live when their house was condemned by the government?
(a) Mount Vernon.
(b) Queens.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Bronx.

5. What type of house did the sisters buy?
(a) Duplex.
(b) Bungalow.
(c) Cottage.
(d) Apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did this event occur?

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

3. Which of the Delany children served in World War II?

4. Who was the first child to die?

5. What was the cause of Lucius' death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Sadie's difficulties during her first year at Pratt.

2. 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?

3. What does Bessie say about the extra effort that must be put forth by Negroes?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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