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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. How much later are Delphine and her sisters past their bedtime when she looks at her watch in "Glass of Water"?
(a) 1 hour and 5 minutes after their bedtime.
(b) 35 minutes after their bedtime.
(c) 45 minutes after their bedtime.
(d) 2 hours and 20 minutes after their bedtime.

2. What word from the narrative means a journey or trip?
(a) Promontory.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Excursion.
(d) Articulation.

3. What book does Delphine read to her sisters when they go to bed in "Glass of Water"?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) Peter Pan.
(c) James and the Giant Peach.
(d) The Bible.

4. Where is Big Ma from?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Texas.

5. Where was Huey Newton born?
(a) Monroe, Louisiana.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rally of the Black Panthers is to free whom?

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

3. What do Delphine and her sisters eat upon arriving at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?

4. Who has called Cecile the greediest, meanest person alive?

5. What is the name of the Gaither sisters' father?

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