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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the students tasked with doing in class in "Coloring and La-La"?

2. Where is Darnell's uncle fighting in the military?

3. What does Cecile have waiting for Delphine and her sisters when they return home in the beginning of "Crazy Mother Mountain"?

4. What is the name of the girl in the college t-shirt in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

5. Why does Cecile mock Fern in "Inseparable"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Big Ma ask a black woman at the airport to look after her granddaughters?

2. What causes the conflict between Delphine and her sisters in "Golden Gate Bridge"?

3. Where are the Gaither sisters traveling in "Cassius Clay Clouds"? How do they feel about their trip?

4. How does Cecile behave toward her daughters upon their arrival in "Green Stucco House"?

5. What are Delphine's initial perceptions of the Black Panthers in the novel?

6. What does Cecile give to Delphine to take to the People's Center in "Inseparable"?

7. What is revealed to be in the package sent by Cecile to the People's Center in "Breakfast Program"?

8. How does Delphine feel about the people and customs at the People's Center in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

9. What is reflected through Big Ma's perceptions of the people at the airport?

10. Why does Cecile send her daughters to the People's Center in "Inseparable"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of childhood in One Crazy Summer. In what ways is Delphine prevented from enjoying her childhood in the narrative? What are the instances where she is able to "be a child" again? How does this theme apply to Cecile?

Essay Topic 2

What is revealed about Cecile's childhood and adolescence in the novel? What led Cecile to living with Louis and his brother? How do you think these factors influenced Cecile's decision to abandon her family?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the plot structure of One Crazy Summer. Where in the narrative do the exposition, rising action, and climax occur? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement of the story? Do you feel the plot is structured traditionally? Why or why not?

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