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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. In "Civic Pride," Sister Mukumbu teaches the students about their rights and how to protect their rights against whom?
(a) Gang members.
(b) Abusive domestic partners.
(c) The KKK.
(d) The police.

2. What was Huey Newton's position in the Black Panther Party?
(a) Treasurer.
(b) President.
(c) Secretary.
(d) Minister of Defense.

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

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

5. The rally of the Black Panthers is to free whom?
(a) Brother Woods.
(b) Crazy Kelvin.
(c) Huey Newton.
(d) Bobby Hutton.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the wet sheets of paper resemble to Delphine in "Movable Type"?

2. What do Delphine and her sisters do in the morning in "I Birthed a Nation"?

3. How many Black Panthers are with Cecile when she is arrested in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

4. How are the people of San Francisco described in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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