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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jackie describe having a stepfather in "The Stories I Tell"?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Ohio.
(c) California.
(d) South Carolina.

2. What is Grace Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?
(a) She is Jacqueline's second cousin.
(b) She is Jacqueline's aunt.
(c) She is Jacqueline's sister.
(d) She is Jacqueline's grandmother.

3. When was Angela Davis arrested, charged, tried, and acquitted of conspiracy in the armed take-over of a Marin County courtroom?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

4. What line is repeated several times in the poem "The Almost Friends"?
(a) "We know better than that."
(b) "We walked to town, alone."
(c) "I heard her crying."
(d) "We would soon find out."

5. How old was Jacqueline Woodson when her parents separated?
(a) 1 year old.
(b) 3 years old.
(c) 5 years old.
(d) 2 years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jacqueline come to call her maternal grandfather when living with him, according to the narrative of "Gunnar's Children"?

2. Where does the poet describe Maria spending her summers in "Fresh Air"?

3. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?

4. In what war did William J. Woodson fight?

5. What is the name of the television show described by the poet in "The Earth from Far Away"?

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