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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?
(a) July 12, 1966.
(b) September 14, 1962.
(c) April 7, 1964.
(d) August 28, 1963.

2. Who is the focus of the poem "The Reader"?
(a) Dell.
(b) Hope.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Georgiana.

3. Who in Jacqueline Woodson's family wanted her to be named simply "Jack"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunts.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her uncle.

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

5. Where had Mary Anne's sister recently moved in the poem "Ohio Behind Us"?
(a) New York.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was William J. Woodson born?

2. What kind of branch has Jackie's mother stripped to use as a switch in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?

3. In what war did William J. Woodson fight?

4. What did Georgina tell her grandchildren never to do?

5. What animals are described as making noise at the time of Jacqueline's birth in "Other People's Memory"?

(see the answer key)

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