Jamaica
Haiti
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
100

What are the colors of the Jamaican flag?

Black, yellow & green

100

What was the main character living on (eating) in "Cheap, Fast, Filling"?

Hot pockets

100

Who wrote "Black Prince for George Floyd"?

Nancy Morejon

100

What country was Julia Alvarez born in?

The US (in NYC)

100

The first name of this author is the name of another country. What is her full name?

Jamaica Kincaid

100

Name two people from Barbados; one must be from classwork.

Rihanna & Esther Phillips

200

What do you call the dialect that was used to write "Kinky Hair Blues"?

Patois

200

What poem is this from:

"is haiti really free

if our babies die starving?

if we cannot write our names

read our rights keep

our leaders in their seats?"

"mud mothers" by Moise

200

Cuba is the largest what?

Largest island country in the Caribbean

200

Finish the line:

"...a woman working at home on her art,

housekeeping paper as if it were her ________"

Heart

200
"Girl" is a piece written with only 2 what?

Sentences.

200

What was the subject of Phillips' poem, "Legacy"?

Her mother

300

Who or what is the subject of the poem "Another Mould"?

Babies/children

300

Who are the two Haitian authors we have read so far? 

Moise & Gay

300

What did Digdora Alonso write?

"Two Poems for My Granddaughter"

300

How did Alvarez feel about her last name in "Names/Nombres"? 

She loved it, was proud of it, defensive of it when people pronounced it incorrectly.

300

How many colors are on the Antiguan flag?

5 (red, black, blue, yellow, white)

300

What year did Barbados become independent?

1966

400

Una Marson was born in: 1925, 1905, 1955

1905

400

How many flags does Haiti have?

2

400

What is the name of another poem we read by Morejon?

"New Women"

400

Who wrote and performed spoken-word about her Afro-Latina identity?

Elizabeth Acevedo

400

This is the name of a book (and the name of a girl) based on the Antiguan author's own life.

Lucy

400

This is the subject of "Unwritten Poem."

Phillips' son-in-law

500

What country did Una Marson work in for decades before returning to Jamaica?

England

500
Adjusting for inflation, how much debt did Haiti owe France for its independence?

$21 Billion

500

In November, Cuban protestors wanted to march for civic rights and for positive change in their country. What happened?

The protest was deemed illegal, people were detained, strip-searched, and more.
500

“Yo también soy América” means what?

I, too, Sing America (the title of her poem)

500

How old was Jamaica Kincaid when she was sent to New York City? 

16

500

Esther Phillips is reminded of her brother when she sees whom in "My Brother"?

A little boy