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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was Jacqueline Woodson born?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) New York, New York.
(c) Nelsonville, South Carolina.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

4. Where did Jack Woodson earn a scholarship to attend college?
(a) California State University.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Ohio State University.

5. What food product does the poet describe Aunt Kay eating like candy in the poem "Caroline But We Called Her Aunt Kay, Some Memories"?
(a) Bullion cubes.
(b) Argo starch.
(c) Corn flakes.
(d) Saltine crackers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jackie describe being bitten by in her story to Uncle Robert in "Believing"?

2. What color is the home of the Woodsons described as in "The Ghosts of the Nelsonville House"?

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

4. During what years was John F. Kennedy President of the United States?

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

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