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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Cecile dressed when she arrives at the airport in "Secret Agent Mother"?
(a) She is dressed in all red.
(b) She is wearing a floral sundress.
(c) She is dressed in all black.
(d) She is dressed in all white.

2. What do the Gaither sisters want to use their father's money for in "Mean Lady Ming"?
(a) To go to Disneyland.
(b) To go to the zoo.
(c) To go to the aquarium.
(d) To go to San Francisco.

3. Who gets caught by the stewardess and it told to sit down on the flight in "Golden Gate Bridge"?
(a) Vonetta.
(b) Fern.
(c) Delphine.
(d) Cecile.

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

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

6. What does Cecile give to Delphine to pass off to any Black Panther they see in "Inseparable"?
(a) A black ribbon.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Money.
(d) A box.

7. What does Cecile have waiting for Delphine and her sisters when they return home in the beginning of "Crazy Mother Mountain"?
(a) Meatloaf.
(b) Tacos.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Chinese food.

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

9. Who gives a demonstration of the earth spinning in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) Sister Mukumbu.
(b) Sister Inzilla.
(c) Sister Pat.
(d) Sister Sarah.

10. When did Huey Newton co-found the Black Panther Party?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1969.

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

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

13. At the airport, Big Ma looks favorably at a young black woman who is dressed like what public figure?
(a) Assata Shakur.
(b) Barbara Bush.
(c) June Cleaver.
(d) Jackie Kennedy.

14. 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) Delphine.
(b) Fern.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Vonetta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What girl makes fun of Fern in class in "Coloring and La-La"?

2. Where are the Gaither sisters going to visit their mother in "Cassius Clay Clouds"?

3. What is the name of the girl in the college t-shirt in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?

4. How much money has Pa given to Delphine for her trip with her sisters?

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

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