DELTA ACHIEVEMENT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔The purpose of May Week is. . . - ✔✔To emphasize the importance of higher
education in the community, especially for black women
✔✔Soror ______ was the 1st black woman member of the U.S. Congress, the first
African American and 1st woman to run as a major party candidate for the presidency of
the United States - ✔✔Shirley Chisholm
✔✔Soror _____ at age 26 became the 1st black woman neurosurgeon in the United
States. She specializes in pediatric nuerosurgery - ✔✔Alexa Canady
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta official colors - ✔✔Crimson and cream
✔✔What does the colors represent? - ✔✔courage and purity
✔✔What is the official flower of Delta Sigma Theta? - ✔✔African Violet
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the 1st and one of only 3 African American
organizations with the NGO special consultative status with the United Nations -
✔✔True
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta offers affordable apartments for senior housing in the northeast
area of Washington, D.C. The names of these homes are... - ✔✔Delta Towers I
Delta Towers II
✔✔_______ is for girls (ages 11 - 14) who demonstrate the potential for success, but
may not have support systems or access to financial resources. Participants are
exposed to math, science, technology, and non-traditional careers. Sessions may also
include service learning activities, field trips and book clubs. - ✔✔Dr. Betty Shabazz
Delta Academy
✔✔______ was designed to help sorority members and local communities to attain
personal wealth and financial security. It was established as a result of increasing
unemployment, Social Security debts, and the widening gap between wealth and
poverty - ✔✔Financial Fortitude
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit organization - ✔✔True
✔✔_____ is an outgrowth and continuation of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy
Program. It was created to assist in facilitating the dreams and goals of at risk,
adolescent African American girls, aged 14-18 - ✔✔Delta GEMS
, ✔✔Founder - ✔✔Winona Alexander
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Madree Penn White
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Wertie Blackwell Weaver
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Vashti Murphy
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Ethel Cuff Black
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Federica Dodd
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Osceola McCarthy Adams
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Pauline Minor
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Edna Brown Coleman
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Edith Young
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Marguerite Young Alexander
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Naomi Richardson
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Eliza Shippen
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Zephyr Carter
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Myra Davis Hemmings
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Mamie Reddy Rose
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Bertha Pitts Campbell
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Florence Letcher Toms
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Olive Jones
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Jessie Dent
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Jimmie Bugg Middleton
AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔The purpose of May Week is. . . - ✔✔To emphasize the importance of higher
education in the community, especially for black women
✔✔Soror ______ was the 1st black woman member of the U.S. Congress, the first
African American and 1st woman to run as a major party candidate for the presidency of
the United States - ✔✔Shirley Chisholm
✔✔Soror _____ at age 26 became the 1st black woman neurosurgeon in the United
States. She specializes in pediatric nuerosurgery - ✔✔Alexa Canady
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta official colors - ✔✔Crimson and cream
✔✔What does the colors represent? - ✔✔courage and purity
✔✔What is the official flower of Delta Sigma Theta? - ✔✔African Violet
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is the 1st and one of only 3 African American
organizations with the NGO special consultative status with the United Nations -
✔✔True
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta offers affordable apartments for senior housing in the northeast
area of Washington, D.C. The names of these homes are... - ✔✔Delta Towers I
Delta Towers II
✔✔_______ is for girls (ages 11 - 14) who demonstrate the potential for success, but
may not have support systems or access to financial resources. Participants are
exposed to math, science, technology, and non-traditional careers. Sessions may also
include service learning activities, field trips and book clubs. - ✔✔Dr. Betty Shabazz
Delta Academy
✔✔______ was designed to help sorority members and local communities to attain
personal wealth and financial security. It was established as a result of increasing
unemployment, Social Security debts, and the widening gap between wealth and
poverty - ✔✔Financial Fortitude
✔✔Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit organization - ✔✔True
✔✔_____ is an outgrowth and continuation of the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy
Program. It was created to assist in facilitating the dreams and goals of at risk,
adolescent African American girls, aged 14-18 - ✔✔Delta GEMS
, ✔✔Founder - ✔✔Winona Alexander
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Madree Penn White
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Wertie Blackwell Weaver
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Vashti Murphy
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Ethel Cuff Black
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Federica Dodd
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Osceola McCarthy Adams
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Pauline Minor
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Edna Brown Coleman
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Edith Young
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Marguerite Young Alexander
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Naomi Richardson
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Eliza Shippen
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Zephyr Carter
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Myra Davis Hemmings
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Mamie Reddy Rose
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Bertha Pitts Campbell
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Florence Letcher Toms
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Olive Jones
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Jessie Dent
✔✔Founder - ✔✔Jimmie Bugg Middleton
