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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. In "Civic Pride," Sister Mukumbu teaches the students about their rights and how to protect their rights against whom?
(a) The KKK.
(b) Gang members.
(c) Abusive domestic partners.
(d) The police.

2. Where does Cecile say her daughters live when she is arrested?
(a) Up the road.
(b) At the orphanage.
(c) In New York.
(d) In San Francisco.

3. What word from "Eating Crow" means bewildered?
(a) Impounded.
(b) Flummoxed.
(c) Collaborated.
(d) Exonerated.

4. Where does Delphine go to buy food in "Big Red S"?
(a) Safeway.
(b) Costco.
(c) Wegmann's.
(d) Piggly Wiggly.

5. What word from the novel means to fool or trick someone?
(a) Distract.
(b) Placate.
(c) Sucker.
(d) Interact.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what term does Cecile refer to Big Ma in "Eating Crow"?

2. What do Hirohito and his mother bring to Delphine and her sisters in "I Birthed a Nation"?

3. What does Cecile tell Vonetta about the poem she plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

4. What is the name of Eunice's middle sister?

5. Where is Cecile's poem discovered in "I Birthed a Nation"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rule are the sisters breaking by cleaning Cecile's kitchen in "I Birthed a Nation"?

2. What does the title of "Movable Type" refer to in the narrative?

3. What does Sister Mukumbu teach the class in "Civic Pride"?

4. How is the theme of counterculture explored in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

5. Who arrives to help Delphine and her sisters in "I Birthed a Nation"? What impact does this have on the protagonist?

6. What is signified by the sisters cleaning Cecile's kitchen in "I Birthed a Nation"?

7. What plan does Delphine reveal to her sisters in "San Francisco Treat"?

8. How do the civil rights events on the East Coast and the West Coast differ in the narrative?

9. What happens at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?

10. How has Delphine's behavior changed in "Wish We Had a Camera"? What has led to the change?

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