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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet describe topping the letter "J" with in "The Beginning"?
(a) A crowbar.
(b) A pedestal.
(c) A straight hat.
(d) A jagged line.

2. What is described as Hope's Kryptonite in the poem "Hope"?
(a) His father.
(b) Ohio.
(c) The South.
(d) His mother.

3. What line is repeated several times in the poem "The Almost Friends"?
(a) "I heard her crying."
(b) "We walked to town, alone."
(c) "We would soon find out."
(d) "We know better than that."

4. Whose dream of a ladder to heaven is described in "Bible Times"?
(a) Abel's.
(b) Peter's.
(c) Jacob's.
(d) Moses's.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?

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

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

4. What Biblical river is referenced in the poem "The Leavers"?

5. When was Malcolm X born?

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