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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 is the shopping center and tourist attraction at Fisherman's Wharf called?
(a) Pier 42.
(b) Pier 39.
(c) Pier 19.
(d) Pier 17.

2. Where was Bobby Hutton born?
(a) Texas.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Arkansas.

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

5. What does Vonetta decide to do with the poem of Cecile's in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) Publish it in the paper.
(b) Recite it at church.
(c) Paint it on a building.
(d) Recite it at the rally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Delphine call Hirohito in "China Who"?

2. How old was Bobby Hutton when he died?

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

4. What does Delphine discover by the stove in "Movable Type"?

5. What does Delphine ask her mother for on behalf of her sisters in "Expert Colored Counting"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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