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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television show's theme song do kids at school sing to make fun of Delphine's name?
(a) "Mork and Mindy."
(b) "Cheers."
(c) "Flipper."
(d) "M.A.S.H."

2. How are the workers from the local store described in "Coloring and La-La"?
(a) Old black men.
(b) Young white guys.
(c) Young black guys.
(d) Old white men.

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

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

5. 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.

6. How much later are Delphine and her sisters past their bedtime when she looks at her watch in "Glass of Water"?
(a) 2 hours and 20 minutes after their bedtime.
(b) 45 minutes after their bedtime.
(c) 35 minutes after their bedtime.
(d) 1 hour and 5 minutes after their bedtime.

7. At what time is Delphine and her sisters' regular bedtime?
(a) 10:00.
(b) 8:30.
(c) 9:30.
(d) 9:00.

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

9. How old is Fern in the novel?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 11.

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

11. How long ago did Delpine's mother abandon her family?
(a) 9 years ago.
(b) 4 years ago.
(c) 7 years ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

12. Where is Big Ma from?
(a) Texas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Alabama.

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

14. In what year is One Crazy Summer set?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1968.

15. What is the name of the girl in the college t-shirt in "Even the Earth is a Revolutionary"?
(a) Sister Mukumbu.
(b) Sister Sarah.
(c) Sister Inzilla.
(d) Sister Pat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Delphine carry her envelope of money in the airport in "Cassius Clay Clouds"?

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

3. What is Cecile's last name?

4. When did Huey Newton co-found the Black Panther Party?

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

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