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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 does Delphine decide she and her sisters will do in the end of "The Clark Sisters"?

2. Where was Bobby Hutton arrested while protesting the Mulford Act?

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

4. What is the title of the poem that Vonetta plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

5. What name does Delphine call Hirohito in "China Who"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads Delphine to go to Safeway in "Big Red S"?

3. How does Cecile respond to Delphine's shopping at Safeway in "Big Red S"?

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

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

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

7. What happens when Delphine and her sisters return home in "Wish We Had a Camera"? What are the implications of this scenario?

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

9. How does irony apply to the situation where Delphine makes dinner in "Big Red S"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 origins of the Black Panther Party. Who founded the organization? When was it founded? What were its missions? What role does the Party play in the novel?

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