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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Fern.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Vonetta.
(d) Delphine.

2. What school is on the shirt of the older teenage girl who tells Kelvin to leave Fern along in "Breakfast Program"?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) NYU.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Cal State.

3. What do the Gaither sisters want to use their father's money for in "Mean Lady Ming"?
(a) To go to the aquarium.
(b) To go to Disneyland.
(c) To go to San Francisco.
(d) To go to the zoo.

4. How old is Fern in the novel?
(a) 5.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

5. When did Huey Newton co-found the Black Panther Party?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1969.

6. What is the name of Delphine's uncle?
(a) Peter.
(b) Darnell.
(c) Jack.
(d) Cleveland.

7. At the airport, Big Ma looks favorably at a young black woman who is dressed like what public figure?
(a) Jackie Kennedy.
(b) Barbara Bush.
(c) Assata Shakur.
(d) June Cleaver.

8. Who uses a black marker to color Fern's doll in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Vonetta.
(b) Delphine.
(c) Fern.
(d) Cecile.

9. How old is Vonetta in the story?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 13.
(d) 9.

10. 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.

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

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

13. What information does Delphine relate when she calls home in "Collect Call"?
(a) That they have arrived safely.
(b) That their mother won't take them in.
(c) That they are ready to go home.
(d) That they are out of money.

14. From whose perspective is the narrative related?
(a) Cecile's.
(b) Fern's.
(c) Delphine's.
(d) Vonetta's.

15. What does Delphine note that Cecile wears in her hair in "Green Stucco House"?
(a) Hair clips.
(b) Ribbons and bows.
(c) Dreadlocks.
(d) Pens and pencils.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets up to go to the kitchen for water in "Glass of Water"?

2. In what year is One Crazy Summer set?

3. What 1968 book did Leroy Eldridge Cleaver write?

4. How many Black Panthers have shown up at Cecile's house in "For the People"?

5. Where is Big Ma from?

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