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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which bible institute did Mary McLeod Bethune study?
(a) Hawking's Bible Institute.
(b) Moody Bible Institute.
(c) New York's Bible Institute.
(d) Henderson Southern Baptist Institute.

2. How much did the cost of living rise from 1914 to 1918?
(a) 53%
(b) 69%.
(c) 31%.
(d) 22%.

3. How much did Mary McLeod Bethune have as her initial investment to start a school?
(a) $0.87.
(b) $1.50.
(c) $67.00.
(d) $3.68.

4. What school, according to the chapter "The Radical Interracialists," was tongue-lashed by Congress for its library containing a book on socialism?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Howard University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) William and Mary University.

5. During Bethune's travel through 21 states, what percentage of young Blacks were on relief?
(a) 76%.
(b) 49%.
(c) 15%.
(d) 27%.

6. In what year was the Council for Interracial Cooperation founded?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1947.

7. According to the chapter "Black Braintrusters," where were the first Black aviators for WWII trained?
(a) West Point.
(b) Quantico.
(c) Tuskegee.
(d) Fort Knox.

8. What magazine, in January 1924, announced that it would "show in pictures as well as writing, Negro women who are unique, accomplished, beautiful, intelligent, industrious, talented, and successful"?
(a) "Time."
(b) "The Messenger."
(c) "The Truth."
(d) "Women's Day."

9. In what year did Booker T. Washington die?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1947.

10. What year's census showed that "all women employed in manufacturing and mechanical industries were Black"?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1950.

11. Who was the first Black woman elected to the YWCA's national board in 1924?
(a) Lucy C. Laney.
(b) Lugenia Hope.
(c) Mary Jackson.
(d) Elizabeth Ross Haynes.

12. What magazine "editorialized that brown skin was . . . more appealing to Whites"?
(a) "The Crisis."
(b) "Rapture."
(c) "Ebony."
(d) "Half-Century."

13. What school did the Daytona School for Girls merge with?
(a) Washington Institute.
(b) Frankman's Boys School.
(c) Du Bois' Boys Institute.
(d) Cookman Institute.

14. Prior to the United States entering into WWII, what percent of school systems refused to hire married women?
(a) 85%.
(b) 77%.
(c) 17%.
(d) 54%.

15. How much could a young unmarried woman in domestic service in the North earn in a week during 1920?
(a) $4.00.
(b) $3.00.
(c) $8.00.
(d) $6.00.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show featured Black women singing arias from "Faust," "Rigoletto," and other operas?

2. Who was the YWCA's first Black secretary?

3. During the 1920s, what rate shot up?

4. How many days did it take the Black female workers and the I.N. Vaughn Company to come to an agreement on new work conditions and wages?

5. What advertising image did the chapter "A Search for Self" state was grotesque? (As pointed out by Elise McDougald.)

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