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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jacqueline Woodson describe her infant fists in "Second Daughter's Second Day on Earth"?
(a) "Clenched in rage."
(b) "Clenched in determination and glory."
(c) "Ready to change the world."
(d) "Shaking from fear and sorrow."

2. In what neighborhood of Brooklyn is the apartment that is described in "Brooklyn, New York"?
(a) Brooklyn Heights.
(b) Park Slope.
(c) Brownsville.
(d) Carroll Gardens.

3. What was Mary Anne's sister Caroline called?
(a) Kay.
(b) Mimi.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Lena.

4. What led to Hope's interest in science, according to the poet in "Chemistry"?
(a) Saturday cartoons.
(b) Comic books.
(c) Horror movies.
(d) Girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Brown Girl Dreaming win the National Book Award?

2. How many children did Grandma Georgiana's mother give birth to?

3. What physical trait do Mary Anne, Gunnar, Jackie, Dell, and Hope all share, according to the poet in "Genetics"?

4. Whose voice is described in the poem "Off-Key"?

5. When was Angela Davis arrested, charged, tried, and acquitted of conspiracy in the armed take-over of a Marin County courtroom?

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