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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 word from the narrative means to brood silently out of disappointment or annoyance?
(a) Muster.
(b) Sulk.
(c) Invoke.
(d) Deter.

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

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

4. How do Delphine and her sisters reach San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?
(a) By taxi.
(b) By the el train.
(c) By bus.
(d) By subway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Civic Pride," Sister Mukumbu teaches the students about their rights and how to protect their rights against whom?

2. How old was Bobby Hutton when he died?

3. What does Cecile teach Delphine to work in "Movable Type"?

4. Where does Delphine go to buy food in "Big Red S"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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