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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Counting and Skimming” – “Eating Crow”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the phrase "eating crow" mean?
(a) To admit you're wrong.
(b) To take the lead.
(c) To give up and go home.
(d) To fail a class.

2. What do Delphine and her sisters eat upon arriving at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Apples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Cherries.

3. What does Cecile claim the Feds hire to infiltrate families and report on black people in "Crazy Mother Mountain"?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Midgets.
(d) Children.

4. Who wrote the novel Delphine?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Madame de Staël.
(d) Elizabeth Waterson.

5. What does the Chinese woman tell the Gaither sisters she will not give them in "Mean Lady Ming"?
(a) Free noodles.
(b) Free egg rolls.
(c) Free rice.
(d) Pepsi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Gaither sisters' father?

2. Where did Delphine witness police officers calling her father cruel names?

3. Who gets up to go to the kitchen for water in "Glass of Water"?

4. How is Cecile dressed when she arrives at the airport in "Secret Agent Mother"?

5. Why does Delphine refuse to take her sisters to the People's Center in "Eating Crow"?

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