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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. Whom does Cecile say Delphine sounds like when she says "Yes ma'am" in "Eating Crow"?
(a) Vonetta.
(b) Sister Mukumbu.
(c) Big Ma.
(d) Fern.

2. What do Delphine and her sisters eat upon arriving at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Oranges.
(d) Grapes.

3. How many Black Panthers are with Cecile when she is arrested in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

5. What word from the novel means to fool or trick someone?
(a) Sucker.
(b) Interact.
(c) Placate.
(d) Distract.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Delphine decide she and her sisters will do in the end of "The Clark Sisters"?

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

4. What does Delphine tell Vonetta she cares more about than her family in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

5. Where do Delphine and her sisters go after Fisherman's Wharf in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What plan does Delphine reveal to her sisters in "San Francisco Treat"?

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

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

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

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

10. How does irony apply to the situation where Delphine makes dinner in "Big Red S"?

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