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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) Minister of Defense.
(c) Secretary.
(d) President.

2. What does the phrase "eating crow" mean?
(a) To fail a class.
(b) To take the lead.
(c) To give up and go home.
(d) To admit you're wrong.

3. Where does Cecile say her daughters live when she is arrested?
(a) In New York.
(b) At the orphanage.
(c) Up the road.
(d) In San Francisco.

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

5. What word from the novel means municipal?
(a) Litany.
(b) Incendiary.
(c) Annual.
(d) Civic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the poem that Vonetta plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

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

3. What does the girl tell Delphine and her sisters that peace is in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

4. What is the title of the poem that Vonetta plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

5. When was Fisherman's Wharf redeveloped into a tourist attraction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What rule are the sisters breaking by cleaning Cecile's kitchen in "I Birthed a Nation"?

2. What happens at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?

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

4. Who arrives to help Delphine and her sisters in "I Birthed a Nation"? What impact does this have on the protagonist?

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

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

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

8. What does Kelvin reveal about Brother Woods in "Civic Pride"?

9. What do Delphine and her peers learn about Bobby Hutton in "Rally for Bobby"?

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

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