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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the novel means to make white or pale?

2. Where do Delphine and her sisters go on the streetcar in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

3. What word from the novel means to fool or trick someone?

4. What does the phrase "eating crow" mean?

5. Where do Delphine and her sisters go after Fisherman's Wharf in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Delphine respond to her teachings at the People's Center in "Rally for Bobby"?

2. What does Delphine ask her mother for in "Expert Colored Counting"? How does Cecile respond?

3. What happens at the People's Center in "Counting and Skimming"?

4. How has Cecile's behavior toward Delphine changed in "Movable Type"?

5. How has Delphine's behavior changed in "Wish We Had a Camera"? What has led to the change?

6. What leads Delphine to go to Safeway in "Big Red S"?

7. What plan does Delphine reveal to her sisters in "San Francisco Treat"?

8. How is the theme of counterculture explored in "Wish We Had a Camera"?

9. What do Delphine and her peers learn about Bobby Hutton in "Rally for Bobby"?

10. How do the civil rights events on the East Coast and the West Coast differ in the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the plot structure of One Crazy Summer. Where in the narrative do the exposition, rising action, and climax occur? What is revealed in the falling action and denouement of the story? Do you feel the plot is structured traditionally? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of Cecile's kitchen in the novel. What does Cecile's kitchen represent to her? What does it represent to her children? Why is it significant that Cecile bars the children from entering the kitchen?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Cecile's arrest in the novel. Why is Cecile arrested? Who is arrested with her? For how long is she detained? What have the police done to Cecile's home when arresting her?

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