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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the "New Girl" Diana from?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Mexico.

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

3. How many children did Grandma Georgiana's mother give birth to?
(a) 13.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 19.

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

5. How did Jacqueline Woodson's family respond when she told them she wanted to be a writer the first time?
(a) They laughed at her.
(b) They smiled dismissively.
(c) They encouraged her relentlessly.
(d) They wept.

Short Answer Questions

1. What health problem did the boy from up the road suffer from in "The Almost Friends"?

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

3. What is Grace Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?

4. What form are the poems of Brown Girl Dreaming?

5. What did Robert give to Dell when he arrived in New York in "Uncle Robert"?

(see the answer key)

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