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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lenore?
(a) Mama's mom.
(b) Mama's nurse.
(c) Mama's cousin.
(d) Mama's sister.

2. What man does Mama kick out of her house?
(a) Culver.
(b) Lucien.
(c) Emmanuel.
(d) Mr. Ben.

3. What is Mr. Ben's nickname?
(a) Ben.
(b) Strange Ben.
(c) Daisy Ben.
(d) Ben Daisy.

4. Who is Lucien?
(a) Libertie's friend.
(b) Mama's son.
(c) Libertie's husband.
(d) Elizabeth's son.

5. Why do white women reject Libertie?
(a) She is skilled.
(b) She is young.
(c) She is light-skinned.
(d) She is dark-skinned.

6. Where is Cunningham College?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Haiti.
(d) New York.

7. Who is Mr. Culver?
(a) A chef.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A farmer.
(d) The pharmacist.

8. How does Miss Hannah come to Mama's?
(a) Via train.
(b) Via car.
(c) In a coffin.
(d) Via plane.

9. Why do white women accept Mama?
(a) She is kind.
(b) She is skilled.
(c) She is dark-skinned.
(d) She is light-skinned.

10. What happened to Libertie's father?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He moved away.
(c) He died.
(d) He is fighting in the war.

11. Why did Mama become a doctor?
(a) Because her sister died.
(b) Because she had no choice.
(c) Because her father made her.
(d) Because she got a scholarship to med school.

12. Who is Cathy?
(a) Lenore.
(b) Libertie.
(c) Auntie.
(d) Mama.

13. Why does Mama install a curtain in the waiting room of her hospital?
(a) For white women to pull around themselves.
(b) For Black women to pull around themselves.
(c) She does not install a curtain in the waiting room.
(d) So everyone can have privacy.

14. Who does Elizabeth bring to Mama's?
(a) Emmanuel.
(b) Mr. Culver.
(c) Mr. Ben.
(d) Julian.

15. What secret does Mama tell Libertie to keep?
(a) That she helps free slaves.
(b) That she never went to med school.
(c) That she was born free.
(d) That she is a doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Daisy do to Ben Daisy?

2. Who is Daisy?

3. What does Elizabeth do for a living?

4. What does Mr. Ben call Libertie?

5. Who is Miss Hannah?

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