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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Part 3 of Brown Girl Dreaming?
(a) “The Stories of South Carolina Run Like Rivers.”
(b) “Power to the People.”
(c) "Followed the Sky's Mirrored Constellation to Freedom."
(d) “I am Born.”

2. When was the American Civil War declared?
(a) 1826.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1902.

3. When did the American Civil War end?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1868.

4. What did Georgina tell her grandchildren never to do?
(a) Sit in the back of the bus.
(b) Daywork.
(c) Go to college.
(d) Pet a dog.

5. What creatures "keep going / as though they know their song / is our lullaby" in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Crickets.
(b) Hummingbirds.
(c) Frogs.
(d) Blue jays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of branch has Jackie's mother stripped to use as a switch in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?

2. In what collection of stories was "The Selfish Giant" published?

3. What Biblical river is referenced in the poem "The Leavers"?

4. Where does the poet describe Bernie and Peaches moving in "Moving Again"?

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

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