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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The planned Black Panther rally is to have a park named after whom?
(a) Eldridge Cleaver.
(b) Bobby Seale.
(c) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Bobby Hutton.

3. Where do Delphine and her sisters go after Fisherman's Wharf in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) To the zoo.
(b) To the Golden Gate Bridge.
(c) To the aquarium.
(d) To Big Sur.

4. Who discovers Cecile's poem in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) Fern.
(b) Delphine.
(c) Vonetta.
(d) Sarah.

5. When was Fisherman's Wharf redeveloped into a tourist attraction?
(a) The 1940s.
(b) The 1930s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1970s.

6. Who killed Bobby Hutton?
(a) The Sacramento police.
(b) Eldridge Cleaver.
(c) The Los Angeles police.
(d) The Oakland police.

7. What does a woman on the street give to Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Peace sign necklaces.
(d) Money.

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

9. What is the title of the poem that Vonetta plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
(a) "Power to the People."
(b) "A Snowy Evening."
(c) "Tomorrow's Road."
(d) "We Real Cool."

10. Why does Fern's tummy hurt in "Big Red S"?
(a) From drinking soured milk.
(b) From eating peanut butter at the People's Center.
(c) From eating too much Chinese food.
(d) From not eating anything.

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

12. How is Hirohoto's mother described in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) African American.
(b) Filipino.
(c) Chinese.
(d) Japanese.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old was Bobby Hutton when he died?

3. What does Cecile reprimand Delphine for in "Big Red S"?

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

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

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