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Madam C.J. Walker

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was born Madam C.J. Walker?

a)

She was born in New York

b)

She was born in the southern state of Louisiana

c)

She was born in Denver, Colorado

d)

She was born in Saint Louis, Missouri

2.

Was she very poor?

a)

Yes, she was very poor

b)

Yes, she was very rich

c)

No, she was not very poor

3.

When was born Madam C.J. Walker?

a)

She born in 1867

b)

She was born in 2021

c)

She was born in 1867

4.

What was her name?

a)

Her name was Lelia

b)

Her name was Sarah Williams

c)

Her name was Sarah Breedlove

5.

Were her parents doctors?

a)

Yes, they were doctors

b)

No, they were not doctors. They were farmers.

c)

No, they were not doctors. They were slaves

d)

Yes, they were slaves

6.

Did she help her mother and sister to earn money by washing clothes for white people?

a)

No, she didn't help her mother and sister to earn money by washing clothes for white people.

b)

Yes, she helped her mother and sister to earn money by washing clothes for white people.

c)

Yes, she help her mother and sister to earn money by washing clothes for white people.

d)

No, she didn't helped her mother and sister to earn money by washing clothes for white people.

7.

Did Moses McWilliams die of the disease yellow fever?

a)

No, he didn't die of the disease yellow fever. He died in an accident.

b)

Yes, he died of the disease yellow fever.

c)

No, he didn't die in an accident. He died of the disease yellow fever.

d)

Yes, he died in an accident.

8.

Where did she live when she was a child?

a)

She lived in Saint Louis, Missouri.

b)

She lived in Denver, Colorado.

c)

She lived on a cotton farm along the Mississippi River.

d)

She live on a cotton farm along the Mississippi River.

9.

Was she seven years old when her parents died?

a)

No, she wasn't seven years old, she was five years old when her parents died.

b)

Yes, she was seven years old when her parents died.

c)

No, she wasn't five years old when her parents died.

d)

Yes, she was five years old when her parents died.

10.

Did her parents die in an accident?

a)

No, they didn't die in an accident. They died of the disease yellow fever.

b)

Yes, they died in an accident.

c)

No, they didn't die of the disease yellow fever.

11.

What was her daughter's name?

a)

Her name was Sarah

b)

Her name was Lelia

c)

Her name was Vicksburg

d)

Her name was Liliana

12.

Why was she worried about her hair?

a)

She was worried about her hair because it was beautiful and straight.

b)

She wasn't worried about her hair.

c)

She was worried about her hair because it was dry and broken.

13.

What did she do to improve her hair?

a)

She didn't do anything.

b)

She invented a mixture that helped her hair and made curly hair straight.

c)

She invented a shampoo.

14.

What did she do during the day and night when she moved to Denver?

a)

She cooked and washed clothes during the day and she worked on her hair products at night.

b)

She was a slave.

c)

She picked cotton in the fields.

d)

She studied at the college.

15.

Who was Charles Joseph Walker?

a)

He was her husband.

b)

He was her father.

c)

He was her brother.

d)

He was her boss.

16.

Did Madam Walker's business fail?

a)

Yes, her business failed.

b)

No, her business didn't fail, it grew quickly.

17.

Did Madam C.J. Walker help women ?

a)

No, she never helped women.

b)

No, she didn't help women to sell her hair treatment.

c)

Yes, she organized women to sell her hair treatment.

18.

Did Sarah study her hair product?

a)

Yes, she had a "secret substance".

b)

No, she didn't study her hair product. She said she invented the mixture with God's help.

c)

Yes, she studied her product at the College.

19.

How many people did she employ?

a)

She employed fifty people.

b)

She didn't employ people

c)

She employed three thousand people.

20.

When did Madam C.J. Walker die?

a)

She died in a town near New York City.

b)

She didn't die.

c)

She died in 1918. She was fifty-one years old.