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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The reason for the refusal was that the members of the organization thought Sadie was ____.
(a) Working at a new job.
(b) Undeserving.
(c) Dead.
(d) Double dipping.

2. The writer was the daughter of which famous singer?
(a) Lena Horne.
(b) Billie Holiday.
(c) Sarah Vaughn.
(d) Ella Fitzgerald.

3. What did the Delanys call racist white men?
(a) Beseecher.
(b) Rebby.
(c) Grunt.
(d) Pigheaded.

4. What was Bessie's profession?
(a) Singer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Dentist.

5. In what year did the Jim Crow laws take effect on a federal level?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the children went to college?

2. What is the term used when one's parent is free, albeit with black ancestry?

3. The event that caused the start of the Jim Crow era involved a man from which state?

4. What is a more common name for a "bull-bat?"

5. Nanny's family lived in a town that had the same name as which animal?

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