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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sadie says that if Bessie gets her wish, she will have to live to be ____.
(a) 116.
(b) 122.
(c) 119.
(d) 131.

2. Bessie believes that many people see her as being _____.
(a) Mean.
(b) Spiteful.
(c) Placating.
(d) Passive.

3. What is the term used when one's parent is free, albeit with black ancestry?
(a) Borderline.
(b) Issue-free.
(c) Freedman.
(d) Slave.

4. What was the name of the small town where the house was located?
(a) Method.
(b) Montgomery.
(c) Murphy.
(d) Manchester.

5. What was the name of the little girl in the next bed?
(a) Amaza.
(b) Angela.
(c) Alice.
(d) Annabelle.

6. How old is Bessie?
(a) 103.
(b) 100.
(c) 102.
(d) 101.

7. What is a more common name for a "bull-bat?"
(a) Finch.
(b) Swallow.
(c) Fruit bat.
(d) Crow.

8. Which of the professions is not mentioned by Bessie when she talks about blacks being the backbone of the country?
(a) Porters.
(b) Butchers.
(c) Barbers.
(d) Undertakers.

9. What was the writer's first name?
(a) Gail.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Annie.
(d) Beth.

10. 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) Nation.
(b) Siblings.
(c) Future students.
(d) Parents.

11. Neither sister had ever _____.
(a) Moved away from home.
(b) Learned to read.
(c) Married.
(d) Gone to school.

12. Sadie says the hardest thing about being old is that she no longer has many ______.
(a) Memories.
(b) Ambitions.
(c) Friends.
(d) Dreams.

13. Nanny stood up to a woman for calling her ____, a common insult at the time.
(a) Dirty.
(b) Slave child.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Girly.

14. Sadie says that Bessie has great _____ but does not use it.
(a) Decorating technique.
(b) Singing skill.
(c) Intuition.
(d) Teaching ability.

15. Which of the children sustained a major injury to the hand?
(a) Hubert.
(b) Hap.
(c) Lemuel.
(d) Bessie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the sisters live?

2. It is widely believed that the Jim Crow laws were responsible for introducing which of the following?

3. Which famous case was responsible for the introduction of the laws?

4. What is Sadie's real first name?

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

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