View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the poet describe her mother working in an office in "Lessons"?
(a) Queens.
(b) The Upper East Side.
(c) Brownsville.
(d) Harlem.

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

3. 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) A sage-brush branch.
(c) An elm tree branch.
(d) A weeping willow branch.

4. What form are the poems of Brown Girl Dreaming?
(a) Blank verse.
(b) Free verse.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Haiku.

5. Brown Girl Dreaming describes the events of Jacqueline Woodson's life up until about what age?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whose funeral did Grandma Georgiana return to South Carolina to attend after she moved to New York?

2. How did Jacqueline Woodson's Uncle Odell die?

3. What book of essays did James Baldwin publish in 1963?

4. Who is described as looking down on the South for its inequality in "Journey"?

5. Where does the poet describe the white families living and beating up blacks that cross into their neighborhood in "Say it Loud"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 243 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample