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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 is Cecile's last name?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Dakota.
(d) Wilson.

2. What does Delphine do in "Eating Crow" that constitutes this phrase?
(a) She tells her mother that she loves her.
(b) She takes back what she said at the People's Center.
(c) She cooks dinner.
(d) She calls her father and asks him to come and get her and her sisters.

3. How much money does the woman in the airport give to Fern in "Secret Agent Mother"?
(a) 50 cents.
(b) 10 cents.
(c) 15 cents.
(d) 25 cents.

4. Why does the girl make fun of Fern in class in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) For being tall.
(b) For carrying a doll.
(c) For talking back to the teacher.
(d) For being short.

5. What does Cecile's assumed name mean in the Yoruba language?
(a) The path.
(b) The star.
(c) The light.
(d) The ocean.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who oversees a t-shirt printing operation in "China Who"?

2. What is the phrase "eating crow" an example of?

3. What is the name of the girl in the college t-shirt in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

4. How much money has Pa given to Delphine for her trip with her sisters?

5. What do the Gaither sisters want to use their father's money for in "Mean Lady Ming"?

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