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

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

3. Where does Delphine go to buy food in "Big Red S"?

4. Who oversees a t-shirt printing operation in "China Who"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How would you relate the Black Panthers, flower children, and feminists in the novel?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are Delphine's experiences like when staying at the Woods' home? How do Delphine's experiences there differ from her experiences staying with Cecile? How are Delphine and her sisters treated by Hirohito and Mrs. Woods?

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 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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