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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 book does Delphine read to herself at bedtime in "Glass of Water"?
(a) Moby Dick.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Island of the Blue Dolphins.
(d) James and the Giant Peach.

2. What do Vonetta and Fern insist on doing a song from for the rally in "Rally for Bobby"?
(a) Jimi Hendrix.
(b) Peter, Paul, and Mary.
(c) Brenda and the Tabulations.
(d) The Beatles.

3. The planned Black Panther rally is to have a park named after whom?
(a) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(b) Eldridge Cleaver.
(c) Bobby Hutton.
(d) Bobby Seale.

4. What does Delphine ask her mother for on behalf of her sisters in "Expert Colored Counting"?
(a) A poem.
(b) A coloring book.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) A television.

5. Who answers the phone when Delphine calls home in "Collect Call"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Aunt Louise.
(c) Big Ma.
(d) Cecile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cecile reprimand Delphine for in "Big Red S"?

2. In what year is One Crazy Summer set?

3. Who gets Delphine and her sisters situated for the summer program at the People's Center in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

4. Why does the girl make fun of Fern in class in "Coloring and La-La"?

5. What 1968 book did Leroy Eldridge Cleaver write?

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