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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in the book is used to describe fire hydrants that are turned on for children in the summertime in New York?
(a) Pickup-tricks.
(b) Johnny pumps.
(c) Splatter levers.
(d) Roger jacks.

2. Whose dream of a ladder to heaven is described in "Bible Times"?
(a) Peter's.
(b) Abel's.
(c) Moses's.
(d) Jacob's.

3. What night of the week is described in "Hair Night"?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Thursday.

4. What happens to Pinocchio in the books, according to the poet in "Family"?
(a) He falls from a cliff.
(b) He becomes a boy.
(c) He finds love.
(d) He tells the truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet describe happening to the witch in "Family"?

2. When does Jackie describe her grandfather bringing home superhero comic books for his grandchildren in "Hope"?

3. What word has Hope said, causing his mother to hit him with a switch, in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?

4. What did Georgina tell her grandchildren never to do?

5. 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"?

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