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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 is the name of Eunice's middle sister?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Barbara.
(d) Janice.

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

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

4. What name do Delphine and her sisters hear the Black Panthers calling Cecile in "For the People"?
(a) "Sister Assata."
(b) "Sister Pat."
(c) "Sister Inzilla."
(d) "Sister Akila."

5. What word from the novel means municipal?
(a) Annual.
(b) Incendiary.
(c) Litany.
(d) Civic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Delphine go to buy food in "Big Red S"?

2. Whom do Delphine and her sisters encounter on their way to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?

3. When was Fisherman's Wharf redeveloped into a tourist attraction?

4. Who raises her hand in class to say she's not come for a revolution but to meet her mother in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

5. Why does Delphine refuse to take her sisters to the People's Center in "Eating Crow"?

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