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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Thomas Woodson's father?
(a) Ben Franklin.
(b) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) Walt Whitman.

2. What book of essays did James Baldwin publish in 1963?
(a) The Road Within.
(b) The Fire Next Time.
(c) The Lost Way North.
(d) The Doctor's Tale.

3. How old was Jacqueline Woodson's mother when Jackie was born?
(a) 22.
(b) 19.
(c) 26.
(d) 24.

4. Where was Jacqueline's ancestor Thomas Woodson from?
(a) Brooklyn, New York.
(b) Harlem, New York.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Chillicothe, Ohio.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?

3. How did Jacqueline Woodson's family travel from Ohio to South Carolina each winter when she was young?

4. How does Jacqueline Woodson describe her infant fists in "Second Daughter's Second Day on Earth"?

5. What is the maiden name of Jacqueline Woodson's mother?

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