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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 is the name of the doll that Fern carries with her everywhere she goes?

2. How is Cecile dressed when she arrives at the airport in "Secret Agent Mother"?

3. What does Cecile's assumed name mean in the Yoruba language?

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

5. How many Black Panthers have shown up at Cecile's house in "For the People"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does one of the Black Panthers harass Fern in "Breakfast Program"?

3. What historical allusions are made in "For the People"? Who is referenced?

4. What is one example of the theme of racism seen in the first chapters of the novel?

5. How is the theme of counterculture explored in the first chapters of the novel?

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

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

8. Why does Big Ma worry about the girls' trip?

9. How is the setting described at the People's Center in "Breakfast Program"?

10. What are the repercussions of Cecile's actions of independence in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the settings of Brooklyn, New York, and Oakland, California in 1968. What differences do the Gaither sisters find in their new environment? How do the people differ in these settings? How does the culture differ?

Essay Topic 2

How have Delphine's, Vonetta's, and Fern's relationships with their mother changed from the beginning of the novel to the end? Whose perceptions of her mother have changed the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the setting of the People's Center. Why are Delphine and her sisters sent to the center? What do they do when they arrive there? What are the people like at the People's Center?

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