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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Jackie and her siblings move after Aunt Kay's death, as described in the poem "Moving Again"?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Madison Street.
(c) Bedford Avenue.
(d) Jackson Street.

3. What is Mary Anne's response when Jackie asks her what she believes in, in the poem "Faith & Faith & Reasons"?
(a) She believes in Islam, her family, and her home.
(b) She believes in the sky and the earth.
(c) She believes in nothing.
(d) She believes in right now, the Resurrection, Brooklyn, and the four of her children.

4. For whose funeral did Grandma Georgiana return to South Carolina to attend after she moved to New York?
(a) Aunt Lucinda's funeral.
(b) Grandma Everett's funeral.
(c) Uncle Candy's funeral.
(d) Uncle Robert's funeral.

5. Why was Roman's bed pulled away from the wall when he returned home from the hospital?
(a) So he would not hit his head on the wall.
(b) So he would stop crying.
(c) So he would be unable to reach the curtains.
(d) So that he could not eat the paint.

Short Answer 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?

2. Where did Jackie go when the pledge of allegiance was said in class in first grade?

3. Where does the poet describe Bernie and Peaches moving in "Moving Again"?

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

5. What led to Hope's interest in science, according to the poet in "Chemistry"?

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