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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Stores of the No Sayers” – “Afua”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old does Delphine say she is often mistaken for due to her long legs in "Golden Gate Bridge"?
(a) 13.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

2. How does Cecile respond to the person who wants a photo of her daughters in "Afua"?
(a) She says yes.
(b) She calls the police.
(c) She rejects him.
(d) She poses with the girls.

3. Who wrote the poem that Vonetta plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
(a) Brother Woods.
(b) Gerndolyn Brooks.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Cecile.

4. How is the family described that takes pictures of Delphine and her sisters in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Very dark-skinned.
(b) Very strange.
(c) Very pale.
(d) Very loud.

5. Why does Kelvin confront Fern in "Breakfast Program"?
(a) Because she drops her food.
(b) Because she is without her mother.
(c) Because she is picking her nose.
(d) Because her doll is white.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vonetta decide to do with the poem of Cecile's in "I Birthed a Nation"?

2. Who answers the phone when Delphine calls home in "Collect Call"?

3. What does Cecile claim the Feds hire to infiltrate families and report on black people in "Crazy Mother Mountain"?

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

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

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