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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many of the children went to college?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.
2. Where was Henry Delany born?
(a) Louisiana.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Georgia.
3. Which of the following adjectives was often used by the neighbors to describe the sisters?
(a) Spry.
(b) Resourceful.
(c) Decrepit.
(d) Ornery.
4. What was the name of Sadie's first serious boyfriend?
(a) Frank.
(b) Sam.
(c) Jack.
(d) Jim.
5. How old is Bessie?
(a) 100.
(b) 101.
(c) 102.
(d) 103.
6. Bessie talks about her little sister Julia and her fear of which of the following:
(a) Heights.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Spiders.
7. What is the name of Nanny's sister?
(a) Eliza.
(b) Georgina.
(c) Anna.
(d) Sarah.
8. Sadie says that if Bessie gets her wish, she will have to live to be ____.
(a) 131.
(b) 122.
(c) 116.
(d) 119.
9. What was the name of the small town where the house was located?
(a) Montgomery.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Method.
(d) Murphy.
10. When Bessie was about 15, the region was struck with a _____ epidemic.
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Scarlet fever.
11. Black students in which state were the first to break the laws regarding segregation in public schools?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Florida.
12. How old is Sadie?
(a) 101.
(b) 100.
(c) 103.
(d) 102.
13. Bessie ended up staying in the hospital for how many weeks?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.
14. The incident encouraged the child to pursue a career as a _____.
(a) Doctor.
(b) Cop.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Lawyer.
15. In what state were the Delanys raised?
(a) Georgia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of the town where Nanny's sister lived?
2. The reason for the refusal was that the members of the organization thought Sadie was ____.
3. Bessie threw a fit when she realized that one of Sadie's other rooms was infested with which of the following?
4. What was the profession for Mr. Delany?
5. What word is best used to describe Bessie?
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