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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. Which child died shortly before Nanny's death?
(a) Harry.
(b) Sam.
(c) Julia.
(d) Lemuel.

2. What word is used that means the same as angry?
(a) Flustered.
(b) Perplexed.
(c) Miffed.
(d) Confrontational.

3. In what year did the stock market crash?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1919.

4. Bessie objects to which of the following due to her age?
(a) Insurance.
(b) Nursing homes.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Healthcare.

5. What was the term used to describe the child's condition?
(a) Colicky.
(b) Spastic.
(c) Uncognitive.
(d) Reversed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fruit trees did the Delany sisters have in their yard?

2. In what year did Bessie open her dental practice?

3. In what month did the crash take place?

4. What was the woman's first name?

5. Where did the controversy take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Bessie's first practice. Who shared the office suite with Bessie?

2. Discuss Sadie's difficulties during her first year at Pratt.

3. Discuss Julia's move to New York. How did Julia's presence affect Bessie's attempt to get work?

4. What does Bessie say about the extra effort that must be put forth by Negroes?

5. Sadie was tricky when it came to getting a job at a high school. What was Sadie's trick? Why was it necessary?

6. What prompted the family to move to New York? Who moved to the city first? Why?

7. The sisters talk about the deaths in the family. Who died first? Could any of the deaths have been prevented? Explain.

8. As one might expect, Bessie got the last word in the book. What was Bessie's final insight?

9. How did Sadie make extra money in the early years? What dampened the success of the business?

10. Discuss Bessie's early days at Columbia. Which family member was most helpful to Bessie during that time?

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