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

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) 35 minutes after their bedtime.
(b) 2 hours and 20 minutes after their bedtime.
(c) 45 minutes after their bedtime.
(d) 1 hour and 5 minutes after their bedtime.

2. What does the Chinese woman tell the Gaither sisters she will not give them in "Mean Lady Ming"?
(a) Free rice.
(b) Free egg rolls.
(c) Free noodles.
(d) Pepsi.

3. Who has called Cecile the greediest, meanest person alive?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Hirohito.
(c) Pa.
(d) Big Ma.

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

5. How long ago did Delpine's mother abandon her family?
(a) 2 years ago.
(b) 4 years ago.
(c) 7 years ago.
(d) 9 years ago.

6. What is the name of the girl in the college t-shirt in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) Sister Pat.
(b) Sister Inzilla.
(c) Sister Mukumbu.
(d) Sister Sarah.

7. Who gets up to go to the kitchen for water in "Glass of Water"?
(a) Vonetta.
(b) Hirohito.
(c) Fern.
(d) Delphine.

8. Who intervenes when the girl makes fun of Fern in class in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Sister Pat.
(b) Sister Mumbuku.
(c) Sister Assata.
(d) Sister Nzila.

9. What name does Cecile say the Black Panthers are calling her in "Crazy Mother Mountain"?
(a) Assata.
(b) Nzila.
(c) Afua.
(d) Mukumbu.

10. What is the name of the doll that Fern carries with her everywhere she goes?
(a) Miss Christie.
(b) Miss Lucy.
(c) Miss Sarah Doll.
(d) Miss Patty Cake.

11. What do the posters in the People's Center say regarding Huey Newton?
(a) "Execute Huey."
(b) "Free Huey."
(c) "Huey for President."
(d) "Bring Back Huey."

12. Where is Darnell's uncle fighting in the military?
(a) In Germany.
(b) In Vietnam.
(c) In Korea.
(d) In Iraq.

13. In what year did Cassius Clay change his name to Muhammed Ali?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1964.

14. What 1968 book did Leroy Eldridge Cleaver write?
(a) Freedom Fighter.
(b) Soul on Ice.
(c) Justice for the People.
(d) White and Black.

15. How is Cecile dressed when she arrives at the airport in "Secret Agent Mother"?
(a) She is dressed in all red.
(b) She is wearing a floral sundress.
(c) She is dressed in all black.
(d) She is dressed in all white.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Cecile give to Delphine to get Chinese food in "Mean Lady Ming"?

2. At the airport, Big Ma looks favorably at a young black woman who is dressed like what public figure?

3. What does Cecile's assumed name mean in the Yoruba language?

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

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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