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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 the poet say the teenager on her block lost his arm in "Maybe Mecca"?
(a) In prison.
(b) In a street fight.
(c) In an unjustified arrest.
(d) In the Vietnam War.

2. Where did Uncle Robert promise to take Jackie and her siblings in the poem "Far Rockaway"?
(a) Queen.s
(b) A Yankees game.
(c) Coney Island.
(d) Harlem.

3. When was Malcolm X born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1944.

4. Who was Jacqueline Woodson's first grade teacher?
(a) Ms. Smith.
(b) Ms. Claude.
(c) Ms. Feidler.
(d) Mr. Jackson.

5. What flavor ice-cream is described as Gunnar's favorite in "The Candy Lady"?
(a) Butternut pecan.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Vanilla.
(d) Lemon-chiffon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gesture does the poet describe enacting due to the influence of Angela Davis in "Power to the People"?

2. In what collection of stories was "The Selfish Giant" published?

3. What street did Mary Anne's parents live on in South Carolina?

4. What word in the book is used to describe fire hydrants that are turned on for children in the summertime in New York?

5. Where had Mary Anne's sister recently moved in the poem "Ohio Behind Us"?

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