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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 Delphine's uncle?

2. From whose perspective is the narrative related?

3. At what time is Delphine and her sisters' regular bedtime?

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

5. When does Cecile tell her daughters to come home 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. Why does Big Ma worry about the girls' trip?

4. How is the theme of family illustrated through the character of Delphine in "Glass of Water"?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is symbolic about Cecile's kitchen in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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