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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who starts coming to Mama's during the war?
(a) White families.
(b) No one.
(c) Runaway soldiers.
(d) Black families.

2. Who does Libertie not enjoy examining at the hospital?
(a) White men.
(b) Pregnant women.
(c) White women.
(d) Black women.

3. Who is Elizabeth?
(a) Mama's mom.
(b) Mama's neighbor.
(c) Mama's cousin.
(d) Mama's childhood friend.

4. What plant does Libertie eat from the garden?
(a) Yarrow.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Lillies.
(d) Poison ivy.

5. Why does Mama stop her proving project?
(a) Everyone tells her to quit.
(b) She does not stop.
(c) She gets tired.
(d) Her first attempt failed.

6. Why do white women reject Libertie?
(a) She is light-skinned.
(b) She is skilled.
(c) She is dark-skinned.
(d) She is young.

7. Why does Miss Hannah get upset with Mama?
(a) Ben gets better too quickly.
(b) Ben is still sick.
(c) She does not get upset with Mama.
(d) Ben runs away.

8. What man does Mama kick out of her house?
(a) Lucien.
(b) Culver.
(c) Emmanuel.
(d) Mr. Ben.

9. Who does Libertie start writing letters and poems to?
(a) Lucien.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Mama.
(d) The woman in the water.

10. What secret does Mama tell Libertie to keep?
(a) That she was born free.
(b) That she is a doctor.
(c) That she helps free slaves.
(d) That she never went to med school.

11. What happened to Libertie's father?
(a) He is fighting in the war.
(b) He is ill.
(c) He moved away.
(d) He died.

12. What was the first gift Mama gave to Libertie?
(a) A pair of scissors.
(b) A doll.
(c) A flower.
(d) A sweater.

13. What does Libertie write on Mama's behalf?
(a) A letter.
(b) A poem.
(c) A song.
(d) A book.

14. Who does Mama bring back to life?
(a) Emmanuel.
(b) Mr. Culver.
(c) Julian.
(d) Mr. Ben.

15. What does Mama want to open after the war?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A theater.
(c) A school.
(d) A bookstore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Hannah?

2. Why does Libertie try to poison herself?

3. What does Libertie write after Ben Daisy's death?

4. What does Elizabeth say about Mama as a child?

5. What does the Ladies' Intelligence Society buy after the war?

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