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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The owner of the house did all but which of the following jobs?
(a) Sheriff.
(b) Postmaster.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Country store owner.

2. What was the name of Bessie's boyfriend at the time?
(a) Bob.
(b) Dave.
(c) Rick.
(d) Dean.

3. Sadie ended up teaching all over which North Carolina county?
(a) Buncombe.
(b) Avery.
(c) Madison.
(d) Wake.

4. What finally killed Julia's only child?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Aneurysm.
(d) Pneumonia.

5. Where did the sisters live?
(a) Knoxville.
(b) Mount Vernon.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Boca Raton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Bessie when she left home by herself for the first time?

2. What word did people use to describe Bessie as a child?

3. What is Bessie's real first name?

4. Black students in which state were the first to break the laws regarding segregation in public schools?

5. What would the man do to prompt the child to eat?

(see the answer key)

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