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

2. What television show's theme song do kids at school sing to make fun of Delphine's name?
(a) "Flipper."
(b) "M.A.S.H."
(c) "Mork and Mindy."
(d) "Cheers."

3. What do Hirohito and his mother bring to Delphine and her sisters in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) A radio.
(b) Flyers.
(c) A television.
(d) Food.

4. What word from "Eating Crow" means bewildered?
(a) Exonerated.
(b) Collaborated.
(c) Flummoxed.
(d) Impounded.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Cecile say the Black Panthers are calling her in "Crazy Mother Mountain"?

2. Where do Delphine and her sisters go on the streetcar in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

3. How is Hirohito's ethnicity described in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

4. What school is on the shirt of the older teenage girl who tells Kelvin to leave Fern along in "Breakfast Program"?

5. When do Delphine and her sisters go to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?

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