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

2. The planned Black Panther rally is to have a park named after whom?
(a) Bobby Hutton.
(b) Bobby Seale.
(c) Eldridge Cleaver.
(d) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Where was Huey Newton born?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Memphis, Tennessee.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Monroe, Louisiana.

4. What do Hirohito and his mother bring to Delphine and her sisters in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) Food.
(b) A television.
(c) A radio.
(d) Flyers.

5. What is Hirohito's mother called in the narrative?
(a) Mrs. Woods.
(b) Mrs. Rose.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the phrase "eating crow" mean?

2. What has been wrecked in Cecile's house by the police during her arrest?

3. What is the shopping center and tourist attraction at Fisherman's Wharf called?

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

5. What word from "Eating Crow" means bewildered?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Cecile respond to Delphine's shopping at Safeway in "Big Red S"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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