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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. How do Delphine and her sisters reach San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?

2. What does a woman on the street give to Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

3. What word from the novel means municipal?

4. By what name does Cecile refer to her daughters when she is arrested?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives to help Delphine and her sisters in "I Birthed a Nation"? What impact does this have on the protagonist?

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

3. How has Cecile's behavior toward Delphine changed in "Movable Type"?

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

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

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

7. What is signified by the sisters cleaning Cecile's kitchen in "I Birthed a Nation"?

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

9. What do Delphine and her peers learn about Bobby Hutton in "Rally for Bobby"?

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

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 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?

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