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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 are the students tasked with doing in class in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Writing out the alphabet.
(b) Counting newspapers.
(c) Distributing flyers.
(d) Coloring posters.

2. What group of people do Delphine and her sisters learn are fighting for their rights in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Migrant workers.
(b) Rural farmers.
(c) Union workers.
(d) Teachers.

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

4. From what airport are the Gaither sisters departing in "Cassius Clay Clouds"?
(a) La Guardia Airport.
(b) PDX Airport.
(c) JFK Airport.
(d) O'Hare Airport.

5. What was Huey Newton's position in the Black Panther Party?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Minister of Defense.
(c) President.
(d) Treasurer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Delphine ask her mother for on behalf of her sisters in "Expert Colored Counting"?

2. What is the name of the doll that Fern carries with her everywhere she goes?

3. Where is Big Ma from?

4. In what year did Cassius Clay change his name to Muhammed Ali?

5. What word from "Eating Crow" means bewildered?

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