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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 does the girl tell Delphine and her sisters that peace is in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Power.
(b) War.
(c) Love.
(d) Freedom.

2. What do Delphine and her sisters do in the morning in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) They go to the grocery store.
(b) They cook a huge breakfast.
(c) They clean the kitchen.
(d) They go to the library.

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

4. Where is Cecile's poem discovered in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In Cecile's bedroom.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wants to know why Delphine and her sisters are back in "Eating Crow"?

3. What does a woman on the street give to Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

4. What word from the novel means municipal?

5. Whom do Delphine and her sisters encounter on their way to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Delphine ask her mother for in "Expert Colored Counting"? How does Cecile respond?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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