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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time do Delphine and her sisters return to their mother's home in "Crazy Mother Mountain"?
(a) 9 p.m.
(b) 8 p.m.
(c) 6 p.m.
(d) 7 p.m.

2. In what year is One Crazy Summer set?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1968.

3. How does one of the Black Panthers refer to the workers from the local store in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Fat pigs.
(b) White pansies.
(c) Selfish cretins.
(d) Racist dogs.

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

5. Where does Cecile say she should have gone to get rid of her children in "Green Stucco House"?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Mexico.
(c) New York.
(d) Canada.

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

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

8. Who gives a demonstration of the earth spinning in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) Sister Sarah.
(b) Sister Mukumbu.
(c) Sister Pat.
(d) Sister Inzilla.

9. What does Cecile have waiting for Delphine and her sisters when they return home in the beginning of "Crazy Mother Mountain"?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Tacos.
(c) Meatloaf.
(d) Chinese food.

10. What does a local store deliver to the People's Center when Delphine and her sisters arrive in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Pepsis and pizzas.
(b) Potatoes and broth.
(c) Bagels and milk.
(d) Bread and orange juice.

11. How is Hirohito's ethnicity described in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) He is half white and half black.
(b) He is half black and half Japanese.
(c) He is half black and half Filipino.
(d) He is half black and half Mexican.

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

13. Who wrote the novel Delphine?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Madame de Staël.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Elizabeth Waterson.

14. How much money does the woman in the airport give to Fern in "Secret Agent Mother"?
(a) 10 cents.
(b) 25 cents.
(c) 50 cents.
(d) 15 cents.

15. How does Big Ma refer to Huey Newton?
(a) The leader for the people.
(b) The most heroic of them all.
(c) The poor wretch.
(d) The biggest troublemaker of all.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name do the Black Panthers refer to Cecile in "Breakfast Program"?

2. What do the posters in the People's Center say regarding Huey Newton?

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

4. From whose perspective is the narrative related?

5. Where does Delphine carry her envelope of money in the airport in "Cassius Clay Clouds"?

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