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One Crazy Summer

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the names of the three girls?
a)
Delphine, Vonetta and Fern
b)
Kimberly Jo, Delphine and Vonetta
c)
Delphine, Vonetta and Vern
d)
Delphine, Bayonetta and Fern
2.
Who do the girls go to visit in Oakland?
a)
Cecille
b)
Big Ma
c)
Sandy
d)
Their dad
3.
Where did Cecille tell the girls to get breakfast?
a)
The People's Center
b)
IHOP
c)
In the kitchen
d)
Mcdonalds
4.
In the book "One Crazy Summer" where do the girls eat several times for dinner???
a)
Ming's
b)
McDonald's
c)
The Pizza Place
d)
The Center
5.
For most of One Crazy Summer, Cecile will not use her youngest daughter Fern's name. What is the name she wanted to name her??
a)
Avvia
b)
Vonnetta
c)
Afua
d)
Corretta
6.
Delphine's mother signs what name to her poems in One Crazy Summer??
a)
Nzila
b)
Ceclie
c)
Sister Mukumbu
d)
Celeste
7.
In One Crazy Summer, after fighting with her sisters at the Black Panther center, what does Vonetta do?
a)
She calls her sister Fern "a baby" and her sister Delphine "bossy"
b)
She refuses to eat dinner  even though it is chop suey from Ming's
c)
She colors on Fern's doll with a magic marker
d)
She apologizes
8.
When the girls returned from their trip to San Francisco what happened?
a)
The Ankton sisters invited them to spend the night at the Ankton house.
b)
They saw the police arrest Cecile and take her from her house.
c)
A black panther guard led newly released Huey Newton on an "inspection"!
d)
Pa arrived in a taxi to Cecile's house to take the girls home.
9.
Who was the leader of the Black Panthers?
a)
Classius Clay
b)
Huey Newton
c)
Cecile
d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
10.

Why was Hirohito upset by Delphine calling him 'China Boy?'

a)

Hirohito isn't really a boy.

b)

Hirohito doesn't like Chinese food.

c)

Hirohito is Japanese/African and didn't like being called that.

d)

Hirohito doesn't like people who are Chinese.

11.
Why do the girls feel the need to count the number of colored people they see on TV?
a)
The girls want to know how many people of color are on TV.
b)
The girls want to know what the best TV shows are. 
c)
The girls are collecting data for a homework assignment.
d)
Cecile asked the girls to count how many people of color there are for the Black Panthers.
12.

A _______ is someone who shows their strong disagreement.

a)

protester

b)

lawyer

c)

investigator

d)

looter

13.

Why doesn't Delphine want to go to the rally?

a)

Delphine feels it will be too dangerous.

b)

Delphine knows Cecile won't let them go.

c)

Delphine and the girls don't have a ride to the rally.

d)

Delphine forgot to make a sign for the rally.

14.

Why are Delphine and Eunice disgusted by their younger sisters?

a)

Vonettta and Janice kept chasing after Hirohito.

b)

Vonetta and Janice kept singing the song, 'Dry Your Eyes".

c)

Vonetta and Janice kept practicing their roles in the play.

d)

Vonetta and Janice kept asking Sister Mukumbu for more crow.

15.

How is Vonetta like Cecile?

a)

Vonetta would care more about herself and not care about how her kids feel

b)

Vonetta would not let anyone in her kitchen

c)

Vonetta is going to be a poet

d)

Vonetta is going to join the Black Panthers

16.

A tool designed for hand washing clothes.

a)

washboard

b)

whitewash

c)

cutting board

d)

metal sink

17.

Who are the Black Panthers?

a)

A group who work in communities to protect poor black people from the powerful.

b)

A group who work in the communities to destroy poor black people from the powerful.

c)

A group of people in the community that will attack poor black people.

d)

A group of poor black people in the community to wear black cloths.

18.

What does revolution mean?

a)

Enormous.

b)

Incorrect.

c)

Change.

d)

Pretty.

19.

What is the food, that Delphine considers for "everyday eating?"

a)

pizza and shrimp lo mein

b)

homemade food that is cooked

c)

air sandwiches

d)

fast food

20.

Vocabulary: pale, dull, having lost its color

a)

pale

b)

blanched

c)

dreaded

d)

washboard