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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Delphine go to buy food in "Big Red S"?
(a) Safeway.
(b) Wegmann's.
(c) Piggly Wiggly.
(d) Costco.

2. What name does Delphine call Hirohito in "China Who"?
(a) Scooter Boy.
(b) China Boy.
(c) Go-Kart Boy.
(d) Japanese Boy.

3. What is the name of Eunice's middle sister?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Janice.
(d) Jessica.

4. Where do Delphine and her sister go to catch a streetcar in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Canal Street.
(b) Grant Street.
(c) Wilson Street.
(d) Washington Street.

5. What is the name of Hirohito's father?
(a) Brother James.
(b) Brother Woods.
(c) Brother Wilson.
(d) Brother Smith.

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

7. Where does Cecile say her daughters live when she is arrested?
(a) In New York.
(b) Up the road.
(c) In San Francisco.
(d) At the orphanage.

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

9. What does Delphine do in "Eating Crow" that constitutes this phrase?
(a) She takes back what she said at the People's Center.
(b) She tells her mother that she loves her.
(c) She cooks dinner.
(d) She calls her father and asks him to come and get her and her sisters.

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

11. How far away is the rally in "Eating Crow"?
(a) 9 days away.
(b) 1 week away.
(c) 3 days away.
(d) 2 weeks away.

12. How many Black Panthers are with Cecile when she is arrested in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

14. What does Cecile reprimand Delphine for in "Big Red S"?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Living for others.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Eating Chinese food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Delphine and her sisters go on the streetcar in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

2. Whom do Delphine and her sisters encounter on their way to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?

3. For whose murder was Huey Newton arrested on October 28, 1968?

4. What does Cecile grudgingly buy for her daughters in "Expert Colored Counting"?

5. Where is Cecile's poem discovered in "I Birthed a Nation"?

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