One Crazy Summer Final

What happened when Cecile met the girls at the airport?

• She shook her head and said they looked too much like their daddy.
• She said she would give them ice cream if they didn't talk to her.
• She walked off forcing them to keep up with her.
• She gave them hats to wear and told them to keep their eyes and voices down.

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Why did Cecile argue with some of the black panthers?

• They wanted her to donate her time and materials to print flyers for them.
• She worried about them being around the house with the girls there.
• They nearly set fire to her house with chain smoking.
• They often pressed her to teach at the people's center on her free time.

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Cecile told her girls that Nzila was 

• Her name now that she was a poet.
• The city in Africa that she would one day live in
• A friend of her who save her life
• The name that she wanted to give Fern.

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Fern screamed and launched herself at Vonetta because Vonetta had

• devoured all the cookies that Fern bought for herself
• Hung up the phone without letting Fern talk to Pa or Big Ma
• colored with black marker all over Fern's baby doll
• Blamed Fern for making a mess in Cecile's kitchen.

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Delphine knew she couldn't keep her sisters from the rally after 

• they discovered the rally would be in Los Angeles and might be on television
• Hirohito said his mom would make treats for all the kids who went
• Crazy Kelvin said Muhammad Ali might attend the rally
• Sister Mukumbu said the children from the center would do a presentation at the rally

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On their "nearly last Saturday" in California what did the girls do?

• They helped Sister Pat babysit a group of toddlers at the center.
• They earned money for delivering food for Ming throughout the neighborhood.
• They took a trip to San Francisco to ride a cable car and see some sites.
• They went to a street fair and market that was set up on Magnolia street.

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When the girls returned from their trip to San Francisco what happened?

• The Ankton sisters invited them to spend the night at the Ankton house.
• They saw the police arrest Cecile and take her from her house.
• A black panther guard led newly released Huey Newton on an "inspection"!
• Pa arrived in a taxi to Cecile's house to take the girls home.

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What did Fern do on the stage by herself during the rally?

• She performed the dance she had done in the Tip Top Dance recital back home.
• She sang a song about losing her best friend, Miss Patty Cake.
• She talked about how hard it was growing up without a mother.
• She recited a poem about seeing a policeman pat Crazy Kelvin on the back.

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What was NOT true about Cecile's childhood?

• Her aunt put Cecile out of the house because her aunt was getting married.
• Her mom was hit by a car and killed when Cecile was eleven.
• She slept in subways and on park benches until Louis gave her a place to stay.
• Her father was arrested for stealing food to feed Cecile.

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Delphine belived that Cecile had mleft Pa and the girls because 

• couldn't handle Vonetta's constant crying anymore
• wanted to finish school and be with kids her own age
• was tired of Brooklyn's cold winters
• hadn't been allowed to pick out Fern's name.

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