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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It was common for Bessie to shoo which group away from their street?
(a) Panhandlers.
(b) Protestors.
(c) Gangs.
(d) Homeless.

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

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

4. After Sadie graduated from St. Aug's, Henry told her that she owed it to her ______ to go on to get a higher education.
(a) Siblings.
(b) Nation.
(c) Future students.
(d) Parents.

5. Grandpa Miliam once told Nanny that every one of her children could have been a:
(a) Preacher.
(b) Detective.
(c) Politician.
(d) Snake oil salesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. When someone makes a statement and is proven to be wrong, it is often said that the person has to eat ____.

2. Which of the children sustained a major injury to the hand?

3. Despite the little boy's physical problems it was obvious that he possessed ______.

4. Jim Crow laws were put into effect in which year?

5. Bessie gave which of the following a "comeuppance" over the ordeal?

(see the answer key)

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