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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

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) Johnny pumps.
(b) Pickup-tricks.
(c) Roger jacks.
(d) Splatter levers.

2. How does the poet describe her school in "First Grade"?
(a) Overbearing.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Decrepit.
(d) Horrific.

3. What kind of branch has Jackie's mother stripped to use as a switch in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?
(a) A weeping willow branch.
(b) A rose-bush branch.
(c) An elm tree branch.
(d) A sage-brush branch.

4. When did Langston Hughes die?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1972.

5. What is the title of Part 3 of Brown Girl Dreaming?
(a) “Power to the People.”
(b) “The Stories of South Carolina Run Like Rivers.”
(c) “I am Born.”
(d) "Followed the Sky's Mirrored Constellation to Freedom."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the short story "The Selfish Giant"?

3. When did Rosa Parks take a stand by refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama?

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

5. What does the poet describe Winnie the Pooh always getting in the poem "Family"?

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