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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Counting and Skimming” – “Eating Crow”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the students tasked with doing in class in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Coloring posters.
(b) Writing out the alphabet.
(c) Counting newspapers.
(d) Distributing flyers.

2. How old is Vonetta in the story?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 5.
(d) 13.

3. Who oversees a t-shirt printing operation in "China Who"?
(a) Sister Pat and Sister Mukumbu.
(b) Crazy Kelvin.
(c) Brother Woods.
(d) Sister Nzila and Sister Mukumbu.

4. How does one of the Black Panthers refer to the workers from the local store in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Fat pigs.
(b) Racist dogs.
(c) Selfish cretins.
(d) White pansies.

5. What word from "Eating Crow" means bewildered?
(a) Flummoxed.
(b) Impounded.
(c) Collaborated.
(d) Exonerated.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Fern in the novel?

2. What does Cecile grudgingly buy for her daughters in "Expert Colored Counting"?

3. In what year is One Crazy Summer set?

4. Who intervenes when the girl makes fun of Fern in class in "Coloring and La-La"?

5. Why does Cecile mock Fern in "Inseparable"?

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