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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word in the book is used to describe fire hydrants that are turned on for children in the summertime in New York?
(a) Pickup-tricks.
(b) Roger jacks.
(c) Johnny pumps.
(d) Splatter levers.

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

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

4. How far did Jackie have to walk to attend school in "First Grade"?
(a) 5 blocks.
(b) 1 mile.
(c) 2 miles.
(d) 2 blocks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Jack Woodson earn a scholarship to attend college?

3. What physical trait do Mary Anne, Gunnar, Jackie, Dell, and Hope all share, according to the poet in "Genetics"?

4. Along what river did the Woodsons travel on their trips from Ohio to South Carolina?

5. What sport did Jack Woodson play in high school and college?

(see the answer key)

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