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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Delphine realize are right after her mother's arrest in "The Clark Sisters"?
(a) Sister Mukumbu and Kelvin.
(b) Hirohito and Sarah.
(c) Sister Pat.
(d) Pa and Big Ma.

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

3. What is Hirohito's mother called in the narrative?
(a) Mrs. Rose.
(b) Mrs. Wilson.
(c) Mrs. Woods.
(d) Mrs. Anderson.

4. How old was Bobby Hutton when he died?
(a) 15.
(b) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

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

6. What word from the novel means municipal?
(a) Litany.
(b) Annual.
(c) Civic.
(d) Incendiary.

7. What word from "Eating Crow" means bewildered?
(a) Flummoxed.
(b) Exonerated.
(c) Collaborated.
(d) Impounded.

8. Where did Delphine witness police officers calling her father cruel names?
(a) In the South.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Boston.
(d) In Maryland.

9. Who wants to know why Delphine and her sisters are back in "Eating Crow"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Eunice.
(d) Pat.

10. 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 third Saturday in town.
(d) Their first Saturday in town.

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

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

13. What does Cecile teach Delphine to work in "Movable Type"?
(a) The oven.
(b) The microwave.
(c) The electric organ.
(d) The printing press.

14. What does Cecile tell Vonetta about the poem she plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
(a) That is it too long.
(b) That it is perfect.
(c) That is it horrible.
(d) That it is beautiful.

15. Who oversees a t-shirt printing operation in "China Who"?
(a) Crazy Kelvin.
(b) Brother Woods.
(c) Sister Nzila and Sister Mukumbu.
(d) Sister Pat and Sister Mukumbu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the people of San Francisco described in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

2. What are Delphine and Fern tasked with counting at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?

3. Where was Bobby Hutton arrested while protesting the Mulford Act?

4. What does Delphine tell Vonetta she cares more about than her family in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

5. Where do Delphine and her sister go to catch a streetcar in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

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