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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Delphine and her sisters reach San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?
(a) By bus.
(b) By taxi.
(c) By the el train.
(d) By subway.

2. What do Vonetta and Fern insist on doing a song from for the rally in "Rally for Bobby"?
(a) Peter, Paul, and Mary.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) Brenda and the Tabulations.
(d) Jimi Hendrix.

3. Whom does Cecile say Delphine sounds like when she says "Yes ma'am" in "Eating Crow"?
(a) Vonetta.
(b) Fern.
(c) Sister Mukumbu.
(d) Big Ma.

4. The rally of the Black Panthers is to free whom?
(a) Crazy Kelvin.
(b) Brother Woods.
(c) Bobby Hutton.
(d) Huey Newton.

5. In "Civic Pride," Sister Mukumbu teaches the students about their rights and how to protect their rights against whom?
(a) Abusive domestic partners.
(b) The police.
(c) The KKK.
(d) Gang members.

6. Where is Cecile's poem discovered in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the living room.
(c) In Cecile's bedroom.
(d) In the attic.

7. What word from the novel means municipal?
(a) Incendiary.
(b) Civic.
(c) Litany.
(d) Annual.

8. What does a woman on the street give to Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Potato chips.
(c) Peace sign necklaces.
(d) Money.

9. What does Delphine do in "Eating Crow" that constitutes this phrase?
(a) She cooks dinner.
(b) She calls her father and asks him to come and get her and her sisters.
(c) She tells her mother that she loves her.
(d) She takes back what she said at the People's Center.

10. Who killed Bobby Hutton?
(a) The Los Angeles police.
(b) The Oakland police.
(c) Eldridge Cleaver.
(d) The Sacramento police.

11. By what name does Cecile refer to her daughters when she is arrested?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Clark.
(d) Smith.

12. Who does Delphine tell Vonetta she is just like in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
(a) Eunice.
(b) Cecile.
(c) Sister Mukumbu.
(d) Fern.

13. What word from the narrative means a journey or trip?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Promontory.
(c) Articulation.
(d) Excursion.

14. Who discovers Cecile's poem in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Vonetta.
(c) Delphine.
(d) Fern.

15. Where do Delphine and her sisters go after Fisherman's Wharf in "Wish We Had a Camera"?
(a) To Big Sur.
(b) To the aquarium.
(c) To the zoo.
(d) To the Golden Gate Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom do Delphine and her sisters encounter on their way to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?

2. Who wrote the poem that Vonetta plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?

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

4. By what term does Cecile refer to Big Ma in "Eating Crow"?

5. Where does Cecile say her daughters live when she is arrested?

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