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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 Cecile teach Delphine to work in "Movable Type"?

2. What word from the novel means to make white or pale?

3. How is Hirohoto's mother described in "I Birthed a Nation"?

4. Where do Delphine and her sisters go after Fisherman's Wharf in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

5. The rally of the Black Panthers is to free whom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are Big Ma's feelings in regard to the Black Panther Party and its members?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern's visit to San Francisco. What tourist attractions do the sisters visit? What are their impressions of the people in San Francisco? How do the people here differ from those in Oakland?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Cecile's arrest in the novel. Why is Cecile arrested? Who is arrested with her? For how long is she detained? What have the police done to Cecile's home when arresting her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of poetry in One Crazy Summer. How is poetry employed as a means of propaganda for the Black Panther Party? What contributions does Cecile make with her poetry? What is the power that poetry holds?

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