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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form are the poems of Brown Girl Dreaming?
(a) Free verse.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Blank verse.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

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

3. What color is the home of the Woodsons described as in "The Ghosts of the Nelsonville House"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Grey.
(c) White.
(d) Yellow.

4. How did Jacqueline Woodson's family travel from Ohio to South Carolina each winter when she was young?
(a) By car.
(b) By airplane.
(c) By train.
(d) By bus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Jacqueline Woodson's family wanted her to be named simply "Jack"?

2. Where did Mary Anne's family live in South Carolina?

3. Who was Thomas Woodson's father?

4. Who is the focus of the poem "The Reader"?

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

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