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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Cecile dressed when she arrives at the airport in "Secret Agent Mother"?
(a) She is dressed in all red.
(b) She is dressed in all white.
(c) She is wearing a floral sundress.
(d) She is dressed in all black.

2. When does Cecile tell her daughters to come home in "Inseparable"?
(a) At sundown.
(b) At 4:00.
(c) At noon.
(d) At 3:00.

3. What school is on the shirt of the older teenage girl who tells Kelvin to leave Fern along in "Breakfast Program"?
(a) Cal State.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) NYU.

4. What name does Cecile say the Black Panthers are calling her in "Crazy Mother Mountain"?
(a) Afua.
(b) Assata.
(c) Mukumbu.
(d) Nzila.

5. What is the boy riding that clips Delphine in "Mean Lady Ming"?
(a) A wooden T-board.
(b) A go-kart.
(c) A three-wheeler.
(d) A bicycle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Big Ma refer to Huey Newton?

2. How much money does Cecile give to Delphine to get Chinese food in "Mean Lady Ming"?

3. Who wrote the novel Delphine?

4. What book does Delphine read to herself at bedtime in "Glass of Water"?

5. Who uses a black marker to color Fern's doll in "Coloring and La-La"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of counterculture explored in the first chapters of the novel?

2. What are Delphine's initial perceptions of the Black Panthers in the novel?

3. Why does Big Ma worry about the girls' trip?

4. What are the repercussions of Cecile's actions of independence in the novel?

5. How does Cecile behave toward her daughters upon their arrival in "Green Stucco House"?

6. What is revealed to be in the package sent by Cecile to the People's Center in "Breakfast Program"?

7. Why does Cecile send her daughters to the People's Center in "Inseparable"?

8. Where are the Gaither sisters traveling in "Cassius Clay Clouds"? How do they feel about their trip?

9. How is the setting described at the People's Center in "Breakfast Program"?

10. Why does Big Ma ask a black woman at the airport to look after her granddaughters?

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