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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Itsy Bitsy Spider” – “I Birthed a Nation”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from the novel means to make white or pale?
(a) Impale.
(b) Exonerate.
(c) Cauterize.
(d) Blanch.

2. What does the girl tell Delphine and her sisters that peace is in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Power.
(b) Freedom.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

3. By what name do the Black Panthers refer to Cecile in "Breakfast Program"?
(a) Sister Mukumbu.
(b) Sister Assata.
(c) Sister Pat.
(d) Sister Inzilla.

4. What book does Delphine read to her sisters when they go to bed in "Glass of Water"?
(a) Peter Pan.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Aesop's Fables.
(d) James and the Giant Peach.

5. What is Hirohito's mother called in the narrative?
(a) Mrs. Woods.
(b) Mrs. Wilson.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Delphine and Fern tasked with counting at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?

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

3. What name does Delphine call Hirohito in "China Who"?

4. Where does Cecile say her daughters live when she is arrested?

5. What does a woman on the street give to Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

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