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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cecile tell Vonetta about the poem she plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
(a) That it is perfect.
(b) That is it horrible.
(c) That is it too long.
(d) That it is beautiful.

2. What do Delphine and her sisters eat upon arriving at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Apples.
(c) Grapes.
(d) Oranges.

3. Who wants to know why Delphine and her sisters are back in "Eating Crow"?
(a) Eunice.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Pat.
(d) Sarah.

4. Whom do Delphine and her sisters encounter on their way to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?
(a) Crazy Kelvin.
(b) Mrs. Ming.
(c) Hirohito.
(d) Cecile.

5. What are Delphine and Fern tasked with counting at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Flyers.
(d) Oranges.

6. How old was Bobby Hutton when he died?
(a) 15.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 21.

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

8. The planned Black Panther rally is to have a park named after whom?
(a) Bobby Hutton.
(b) Bobby Seale.
(c) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) Eldridge Cleaver.

9. When do Delphine and her sisters go to San Francisco in "San Francisco Treat"?
(a) Their second Saturday in town.
(b) Their third Saturday in town.
(c) Their first Saturday in town.
(d) Their second Sunday in town.

10. What is Hirohito's mother called in the narrative?
(a) Mrs. Woods.
(b) Mrs. Wilson.
(c) Mrs. Anderson.
(d) Mrs. Rose.

11. Who wrote the poem that Vonetta plans to recite at the rally in "Itsy Bitsy Spider"?
(a) Cecile.
(b) Gerndolyn Brooks.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) Brother Woods.

12. Why does Delphine refuse to take her sisters to the People's Center in "Eating Crow"?
(a) Because Crazy Kelvin threatened her.
(b) Because she does not want them to attend the rally.
(c) Because she is scared of Sister Mukumbu.
(d) Because she is scared of Sister Pat.

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

14. What do Hirohito and his mother bring to Delphine and her sisters in "I Birthed a Nation"?
(a) A radio.
(b) Flyers.
(c) Food.
(d) A television.

15. What word from the novel means to make white or pale?
(a) Cauterize.
(b) Impale.
(c) Blanch.
(d) Exonerate.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whose murder was Huey Newton arrested on October 28, 1968?

2. Who oversees a t-shirt printing operation in "China Who"?

3. Where did Delphine witness police officers calling her father cruel names?

4. How are the people of San Francisco described in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

5. Where is Cecile's poem discovered in "I Birthed a Nation"?

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