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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Eldridge Cleaver's murder.
(d) For Frank White's murder.

2. What do Delphine and her sisters eat upon arriving at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Apples.

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

4. What does Delphine tell Vonetta she cares more about than her family in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
(a) Her doll.
(b) Her poetry.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her image.

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

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

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

8. What does Vonetta decide to do with the poem of Cecile's in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) Recite it at church.
(b) Publish it in the paper.
(c) Paint it on a building.
(d) Recite it at the rally.

9. What is the phrase "eating crow" an example of?
(a) An idiom.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) A simile.

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

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

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

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

14. What name is listed as the author of Cecile's poem in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) Assata.
(b) Nzila.
(c) Cecile.
(d) Maria.

15. Where is Cecile's poem discovered in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the living room.
(d) In Cecile's bedroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the novel means to make white or pale?

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

3. Who discovers Cecile's poem in "I Birthed a Nation"?

4. When was Fisherman's Wharf redeveloped into a tourist attraction?

5. What is Hirohito's mother called in the narrative?

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