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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1919.

2. What word has Hope said, causing his mother to hit him with a switch, in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?
(a) "Ain't."
(b) "Negro."
(c) "Damn."
(d) "Please."

3. Where was William J. Woodson born?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Arkansas.

4. Where was Jacqueline Woodson born?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Nelsonville, South Carolina.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) New York, New York.

5. When does Jackie describe her grandfather bringing home superhero comic books for his grandchildren in "Hope"?
(a) On Thursdays.
(b) On Saturdays.
(c) On Tuesdays.
(d) On Fridays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was William J. Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?

2. On what night of the week did Jackie's mother depart for New York in the poem "The Blanket"?

3. Whose wish for a man's head on a platter is described in the poem "Bible Times"?

4. What creatures "keep going / as though they know their song / is our lullaby" in the poem "Lullaby"?

5. What breakfast does the poet describe eating in "Bible Times"?

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