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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What girl makes fun of Fern in class in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Misty.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Eunice.
(d) Sarah.

2. What is the boy riding that clips Delphine in "Mean Lady Ming"?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A go-kart.
(c) A three-wheeler.
(d) A wooden T-board.

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

4. What does a local store deliver to the People's Center when Delphine and her sisters arrive in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Pepsis and pizzas.
(b) Bagels and milk.
(c) Potatoes and broth.
(d) Bread and orange juice.

5. By what name do the Black Panthers refer to Cecile in "Breakfast Program"?
(a) Sister Mukumbu.
(b) Sister Pat.
(c) Sister Assata.
(d) Sister Inzilla.

6. From what airport are the Gaither sisters departing in "Cassius Clay Clouds"?
(a) PDX Airport.
(b) La Guardia Airport.
(c) JFK Airport.
(d) O'Hare Airport.

7. Where is Darnell's uncle fighting in the military?
(a) In Korea.
(b) In Vietnam.
(c) In Iraq.
(d) In Germany.

8. Why does Kelvin confront Fern in "Breakfast Program"?
(a) Because she drops her food.
(b) Because her doll is white.
(c) Because she is picking her nose.
(d) Because she is without her mother.

9. Why does the girl make fun of Fern in class in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) For being short.
(b) For carrying a doll.
(c) For talking back to the teacher.
(d) For being tall.

10. What 1968 book did Leroy Eldridge Cleaver write?
(a) Justice for the People.
(b) Soul on Ice.
(c) White and Black.
(d) Freedom Fighter.

11. What name do Delphine and her sisters hear the Black Panthers calling Cecile in "For the People"?
(a) "Sister Pat."
(b) "Sister Akila."
(c) "Sister Inzilla."
(d) "Sister Assata."

12. Who raises her hand in class to say she's not come for a revolution but to meet her mother in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) Fern.
(b) Vonetta.
(c) Delphine.
(d) Sarah.

13. What does Delphine note that Cecile wears in her hair in "Green Stucco House"?
(a) Dreadlocks.
(b) Ribbons and bows.
(c) Pens and pencils.
(d) Hair clips.

14. Who wrote the novel Delphine?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Elizabeth Waterson.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Madame de Staël.

15. When was Che Guevara executed?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Cassius Clay change his name to Muhammed Ali?

2. How are the workers from the local store described in "Coloring and La-La"?

3. How is Hirohito's ethnicity described in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

4. How much money does the woman in the airport give to Fern in "Secret Agent Mother"?

5. What do the Gaither sisters want to use their father's money for in "Mean Lady Ming"?

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