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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 was Huey Newton's position in the Black Panther Party?
(a) Treasurer.
(b) Secretary.
(c) Minister of Defense.
(d) President.

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

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

4. Why does Delphine refuse to take her sisters to the People's Center in "Eating Crow"?
(a) Because Crazy Kelvin threatened her.
(b) Because she is scared of Sister Mukumbu.
(c) Because she is scared of Sister Pat.
(d) Because she does not want them to attend the rally.

5. Whom do Delphine and her sisters encounter on their way to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?
(a) Mrs. Ming.
(b) Hirohito.
(c) Cecile.
(d) Crazy Kelvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Bobby Hutton when he died?

2. Where does Cecile say her daughters live when she is arrested?

3. What does Delphine do in "Eating Crow" that constitutes this phrase?

4. What are Delphine and Fern tasked with counting at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the theme of counterculture explored in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

2. What is revealed about Hirohito's character in "China Who"?

3. How does Delphine respond to her teachings at the People's Center in "Rally for Bobby"?

4. What are Big Ma's feelings in regard to the Black Panther Party and its members?

5. What happens when Delphine and her sisters return home in "Wish We Had a Camera"? What are the implications of this scenario?

6. How would you relate the Black Panthers, flower children, and feminists in the novel?

7. How has Cecile's behavior toward Delphine changed in "Movable Type"?

8. What leads Delphine to go to Safeway in "Big Red S"?

9. What does Delphine ask her mother for in "Expert Colored Counting"? How does Cecile respond?

10. What is foreshadowed by the encounter with Hirohito in "San Francisco Treat"?

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