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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. Why does Kelvin confront Fern in "Breakfast Program"?
(a) Because she drops her food.
(b) Because she is picking her nose.
(c) Because she is without her mother.
(d) Because her doll is white.

2. Where are the Gaither sisters going to visit their mother in "Cassius Clay Clouds"?
(a) Fresno, California.
(b) San Jose, California.
(c) Eureka, California.
(d) Oakland, California.

3. What is the name of Delphine's uncle?
(a) Jack.
(b) Cleveland.
(c) Darnell.
(d) Peter.

4. Who wrote the novel Delphine?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Madame de Staël.
(c) Elizabeth Waterson.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

5. At the airport, Big Ma looks favorably at a young black woman who is dressed like what public figure?
(a) June Cleaver.
(b) Assata Shakur.
(c) Barbara Bush.
(d) Jackie Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Delpine's mother abandon her family?

2. How much money has Pa given to Delphine for her trip with her sisters?

3. What does Cecile have waiting for Delphine and her sisters when they return home in the beginning of "Crazy Mother Mountain"?

4. Where do the Gaither sisters live with their father?

5. How many Black Panthers have shown up at Cecile's house in "For the People"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What historical allusions are made in "For the People"? Who is referenced?

4. How is the theme of family illustrated through the character of Delphine in "Glass of Water"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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