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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Jackie and her siblings use to soothe Georgina's feet at night?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Epsom salt.
(c) Vinegar.
(d) Ice water.

3. On what night of the week did Jackie's mother depart for New York in the poem "The Blanket"?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Tuesday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Wednesday.

4. Jackie's first book was a collection of seven haiku's focused on what subject?
(a) Dandelions.
(b) Trees.
(c) Birds.
(d) Butterflies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dorothy related to Mary Anne?

2. What kind of tree does the poet describe sitting under on her block in "How to Listen #6"?

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

4. Who took Jackie, Dell, and Hope to South Carolina in "Home Again to Hall Street"?

5. What creatures "keep going / as though they know their song / is our lullaby" in the poem "Lullaby"?

(see the answer key)

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