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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. What information does Delphine relate when she calls home in "Collect Call"?
(a) That they are out of money.
(b) That their mother won't take them in.
(c) That they are ready to go home.
(d) That they have arrived safely.

2. How many Black Panthers have shown up at Cecile's house in "For the People"?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. What are the students tasked with doing in class in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Writing out the alphabet.
(b) Distributing flyers.
(c) Coloring posters.
(d) Counting newspapers.

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

5. What does Cecile give to Delphine to pass off to any Black Panther they see in "Inseparable"?
(a) A box.
(b) A black ribbon.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has called Cecile the greediest, meanest person alive?

2. What television show's theme song do kids at school sing to make fun of Delphine's name?

3. Why does Kelvin confront Fern in "Breakfast Program"?

4. Who wrote the novel Delphine?

5. What does the Chinese woman tell the Gaither sisters she will not give them in "Mean Lady Ming"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is reflected through Big Ma's perceptions of the people at the airport?

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

3. What does Cecile give to Delphine to take to the People's Center in "Inseparable"?

4. What is one example of the theme of racism seen in the first chapters of the novel?

5. How is the classroom at the People's Center described in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

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

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

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

9. What do the Black Panthers discuss with Cecile in "For the People"?

10. What is symbolic about Cecile's kitchen in the novel?

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