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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 group of people do Delphine and her sisters learn are fighting for their rights in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Migrant workers.
(b) Union workers.
(c) Rural farmers.
(d) Teachers.

2. Where do Delphine and her sister go to catch a streetcar in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Wilson Street.
(b) Grant Street.
(c) Washington Street.
(d) Canal Street.

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

4. Who killed Bobby Hutton?
(a) The Oakland police.
(b) The Sacramento police.
(c) Eldridge Cleaver.
(d) The Los Angeles police.

5. What does a woman on the street give to Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Potato chips.
(b) Peace sign necklaces.
(c) Money.
(d) Daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Delphine and her sisters reach San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?

2. Where is Cecile's poem discovered in "I Birthed a Nation"?

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

4. What is the phrase "eating crow" an example of?

5. What was Huey Newton's position in the Black Panther Party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Delphine's behavior changed in "Wish We Had a Camera"? What has led to the change?

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

3. What is signified by the sisters cleaning Cecile's kitchen in "I Birthed a Nation"?

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

5. What does the title of "Movable Type" refer to in the narrative?

6. What poem has Vonetta decided to recite in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"? What does Cecile remark about the poem?

7. What does Sister Mukumbu teach the class in "Civic Pride"?

8. How do the civil rights events on the East Coast and the West Coast differ in the narrative?

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

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

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