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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word used that means those who tend to say negative things about others?
(a) Detractors.
(b) Supporters.
(c) Advocates.
(d) Protestors.

2. Jim Crow was a well known ____ character.
(a) Political.
(b) Minstrel.
(c) Fictional.
(d) Cartoon.

3. If fulfilled, this wish would make Bessie as old as _____.
(a) The hills.
(b) Moses.
(c) God.
(d) Methuselah.

4. How old was Bessie when she left home by herself for the first time?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 21.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry believed that the epidemic was caused by which of the following?

2. Which of the following adjectives was often used by the neighbors to describe the sisters?

3. What food item did the girl give to Bessie?

4. Which of the following was not mentioned as one of the other diseases to strike St. Aug's school?

5. What was the name of Bessie's pet pig?

Short Essay Questions

1. Sadie talks about the drawbacks of being old. Discuss at least two references Sadie makes to her advanced age.

2. What is the reputation Bessie created for herself? What does Bessie think will happen to her when she dies?

3. The book details the history of Nanny Logan Delany's family. What was unusual about the family dynamic?

4. Discuss the age and relationship between the two sisters.

5. How was Henry Delany presented with the opportunity to go to college? What major life change was Henry asked to make?

6. Who was the Mock family? How were they important to the Delanys?

7. Henry Beard Delany was born a slave on a Georgia plantation. Examine the Delanys' role in the household. When was Henry freed?

8. Discuss the births of the ten children, including their full names and birth years.

9. Where did Henry and Nanny meet? What was unusual about their wedding?

10. Name at least one thing that bothered Bessie the most about the rebbys.

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