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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Jacqueline Woodson's father?
(a) Jack Austin Woodson.
(b) James Allen Woodson.
(c) John Robert Woodson.
(d) Peter Paul Woodson.

2. What is the name of the predominantly African-American community in Greenville, South Carolina, that is described by the poet?
(a) Nicholtown.
(b) Everett.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Brownsville.

3. What did Georgina tell her grandchildren never to do?
(a) Go to college.
(b) Pet a dog.
(c) Daywork.
(d) Sit in the back of the bus.

4. What did Jacqueline come to call her maternal grandfather when living with him, according to the narrative of "Gunnar's Children"?
(a) "Daddy."
(b) "Grandpa."
(c) "Pop Pop."
(d) "Papaw."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacqueline Woodson's Uncle Odell die?

2. Who are the people that lived across the road from Jackie's grandmother and who she warned them to stay away from in the poem "The Almost Friends"?

3. What is described as Hope's Kryptonite in the poem "Hope"?

4. From where did the owner of the fabric store in Greenville know Georgiana?

5. What flavor ice-cream is described as Gunnar's favorite in "The Candy Lady"?

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