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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. Where do Delphine and her sister go to catch a streetcar in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

2. What name is listed as the author of Cecile's poem in "I Birthed a Nation"?

3. What word from the narrative means a journey or trip?

4. The planned Black Panther rally is to have a park named after whom?

5. Whom does Cecile say Delphine sounds like when she says "Yes ma'am" in "Eating Crow"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is revealed about Hirohito's character in "China Who"?

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 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?

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