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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day of the week is described in the poem "Lessons"?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

2. Where is Dorothy's seamstress that makes her dresses and gloves described in "The Training"?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) New York.

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

4. What line is repeated several times in the poem "The Almost Friends"?
(a) "I heard her crying."
(b) "We walked to town, alone."
(c) "We know better than that."
(d) "We would soon find out."

5. Who are the people that lived across the road from Jackie's grandmother and who she warned them to stay away from in the poem "The Almost Friends"?
(a) Megan and her brothers.
(b) Jamie and her sisters.
(c) Phil and his sisters.
(d) Cora and her sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title of address did Jackie's mother forbid her children to use?

2. What physical trait do Mary Anne, Gunnar, Jackie, Dell, and Hope all share, according to the poet in "Genetics"?

3. What did Uncle Robert tell Jackie and her siblings they could make wishes on in "Wishes"?

4. Who lived below Jackie's family when they moved to Herzl Street?

5. How old was Roman when he finally returned from the hospital in "One Place"?

(see the answer key)

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