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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. Who answers the phone when Delphine calls home in "Collect Call"?
(a) Aunt Louise.
(b) Big Ma.
(c) Her father.
(d) Cecile.
2. How is Hirohito's ethnicity described in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) He is half black and half Japanese.
(b) He is half black and half Mexican.
(c) He is half black and half Filipino.
(d) He is half white and half black.
3. How does one of the Black Panthers refer to the workers from the local store in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Racist dogs.
(b) Fat pigs.
(c) White pansies.
(d) Selfish cretins.
4. In what year did Cassius Clay change his name to Muhammed Ali?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.
5. What is the name of the girl in the college t-shirt in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) Sister Pat.
(b) Sister Sarah.
(c) Sister Inzilla.
(d) Sister Mukumbu.
Short Answer Questions
1. What 1968 book did Leroy Eldridge Cleaver write?
2. Where do the Gaither sisters live with their father?
3. What does Delphine note that Cecile wears in her hair in "Green Stucco House"?
4. Where are the Gaither sisters going to visit their mother in "Cassius Clay Clouds"?
5. How old is Delphine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is one example of the theme of racism seen in the first chapters of the novel?
2. What do the Black Panthers discuss with Cecile in "For the People"?
3. How is the theme of family illustrated through the character of Delphine in "Glass of Water"?
4. How is the theme of counterculture explored in the first chapters of the novel?
5. How is the classroom at the People's Center described in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
6. What causes the conflict between Delphine and her sisters in "Golden Gate Bridge"?
7. Why does one of the Black Panthers harass Fern in "Breakfast Program"?
8. Why does Big Ma worry about the girls' trip?
9. What is reflected through Big Ma's perceptions of the people at the airport?
10. How are feminist ideals demonstrated through Cecile's character in the novel?
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