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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jacqueline Woodson describe her mother teaching her to cook in "Lessons"?
(a) Pancakes.
(b) Collared greens.
(c) Cornbread.
(d) Pot roast.

2. What aspect of learning did Jacqueline Woodson struggle with growing up?
(a) Science.
(b) Reading.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Math.

3. What led to Hope's interest in science, according to the poet in "Chemistry"?
(a) Horror movies.
(b) Girls.
(c) Saturday cartoons.
(d) Comic books.

4. Where did Uncle Robert move when he arrived in New York in "Uncle Robert"?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Far Rockaway.
(c) Bed-Stuy.
(d) Greenwich Village.

5. Where did Jackie and her siblings move after Aunt Kay's death, as described in the poem "Moving Again"?
(a) Madison Street.
(b) Jackson Street.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Bedford Avenue.

6. Where does the poet describe Maria spending her summers in "Fresh Air"?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Schenectady.

7. What physical trait do Mary Anne, Gunnar, Jackie, Dell, and Hope all share, according to the poet in "Genetics"?
(a) Gaps between their front teeth.
(b) Broad shoulders and small feet.
(c) Large noses.
(d) Dimples.

8. When did Langston Hughes die?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1972.

9. Whose voice is described in the poem "Off-Key"?
(a) Roman's.
(b) Hope's.
(c) Jackie's.
(d) Dell's.

10. Where does the poet describe Grandma Georgiana sitting on the bus in "What Everybody Knows Now"?
(a) In the front.
(b) By the driver.
(c) In the middle.
(d) In the back.

11. Where is the church that Mary Anne took her children to attend in Brooklyn?
(a) Park Avenue.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Bushwick Avenue.
(d) Bedford Avenue.

12. Who lived above Jackie's family on Herzl Street?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Aunt Kay and Bernie.
(c) Peter.
(d) Jack and Sarah.

13. How did Jacqueline Woodson's family respond when she told them she wanted to be a writer the first time?
(a) They wept.
(b) They encouraged her relentlessly.
(c) They smiled dismissively.
(d) They laughed at her.

14. Why did Jacqueline Woodson relate to the character "Stevie" in "Stevie and Me"?
(a) He looked like her.
(b) He lived in an apartment.
(c) He was a lion.
(d) He liked sports.

15. Who wrote the short story "The Selfish Giant"?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What store does the poet describe Grandma Georgiana avoiding because she was once made to wait long past her turn for service in "What Everybody Knows Now"?

2. What does Mary Anne bring home for her children in "Another Way"?

3. What is the title of Part 4 of Brown Girl Dreaming?

4. Why was Roman's bed pulled away from the wall when he returned home from the hospital?

5. In whose shadow does the poet describe growing up in "The Other Woodson"?

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