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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Huey Newton's position in the Black Panther Party?
(a) President.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Minister of Defense.

2. What do Delphine and her sisters do in the morning in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) They go to the grocery store.
(b) They clean the kitchen.
(c) They cook a huge breakfast.
(d) They go to the library.

3. What does the phrase "eating crow" mean?
(a) To take the lead.
(b) To admit you're wrong.
(c) To fail a class.
(d) To give up and go home.

4. When do Delphine and her sisters go to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?
(a) Their second Saturday in town.
(b) Their second Sunday in town.
(c) Their first Saturday in town.
(d) Their third Saturday in town.

5. What does Delphine ask her mother for on behalf of her sisters in "Expert Colored Counting"?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A television.
(c) A poem.
(d) A coloring book.

6. Whom does Cecile say Delphine sounds like when she says "Yes ma'am" in "Eating Crow"?
(a) Sister Mukumbu.
(b) Fern.
(c) Vonetta.
(d) Big Ma.

7. What word from the narrative means to brood silently out of disappointment or annoyance?
(a) Deter.
(b) Sulk.
(c) Muster.
(d) Invoke.

8. For whose murder was Huey Newton arrested on October 28, 1968?
(a) For Assata Shakur's murder.
(b) For Frank White's murder.
(c) For Eldridge Cleaver's murder.
(d) For John Frey's murder.

9. What does Cecile grudgingly buy for her daughters in "Expert Colored Counting"?
(a) A second-hand radio.
(b) A go-kart.
(c) A trip to Disneyland.
(d) A television.

10. What does the girl tell Delphine and her sisters that peace is in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Power.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

11. What does Delphine decide she and her sisters will do in the end of "The Clark Sisters"?
(a) Write to the newspaper.
(b) Cook dinner for her mother.
(c) Call her father to ask to go home.
(d) Clean her mother's kitchen.

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

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

14. What are Delphine and Fern tasked with counting at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Flyers.
(d) Grapes.

15. What is the shopping center and tourist attraction at Fisherman's Wharf called?
(a) Pier 42.
(b) Pier 39.
(c) Pier 17.
(d) Pier 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to know why Delphine and her sisters are back in "Eating Crow"?

2. By what term does Cecile refer to Big Ma in "Eating Crow"?

3. Who oversees a t-shirt printing operation in "China Who"?

4. Where did Delphine witness police officers calling her father cruel names?

5. What is the name of Eunice's middle sister?

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