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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Cora and her sisters.
(b) Phil and his sisters.
(c) Megan and her brothers.
(d) Jamie and her sisters.

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

3. Where did Jackie and her siblings move after Aunt Kay's death, as described in the poem "Moving Again"?
(a) Bedford Avenue.
(b) Madison Street.
(c) Jackson Street.
(d) Harlem.

4. Where did Uncle Robert move when he arrived in New York in "Uncle Robert"?
(a) Greenwich Village.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Far Rockaway.
(d) Bed-Stuy.

5. What kind of branch has Jackie's mother stripped to use as a switch in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?
(a) A rose-bush branch.
(b) An elm tree branch.
(c) A weeping willow branch.
(d) A sage-brush branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the church that Mary Anne took her children to attend in Brooklyn?

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

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

4. Why did Jackie not pledge allegiance to the flag at school growing up?

5. What was William J. Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?

(see the answer key)

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