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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the focus of the poem "The Reader"?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Hope.
(c) Dell.
(d) Georgiana.

2. What creatures "keep going / as though they know their song / is our lullaby" in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Frogs.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Blue jays.
(d) Hummingbirds.

3. What form are the poems of Brown Girl Dreaming?
(a) Free verse.
(b) Iambic pentameter.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Blank verse.

4. Where was William J. Woodson born?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Georgia.

5. What is the name of the predominantly African-American community in Greenville, South Carolina, that is described by the poet?
(a) Everett.
(b) Nicholtown.
(c) Brownsville.
(d) Jackson.

6. Who was Thomas Woodson's father?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Ben Franklin.

7. What color is the home of the Woodsons described as in "The Ghosts of the Nelsonville House"?
(a) Brown.
(b) White.
(c) Grey.
(d) Yellow.

8. When did Rosa Parks take a stand by refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) March 12, 1969.
(b) August 13, 1959.
(c) July 3, 1958.
(d) December 1, 1955.

9. How old is Dell described as in "The Beginning"?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

10. Who are the people that lived across the road from Jackie's grandmother and who she warned them to stay away from in the poem "The Almost Friends"?
(a) Cora and her sisters.
(b) Phil and his sisters.
(c) Jamie and her sisters.
(d) Megan and her brothers.

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

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

13. How old was Jacqueline Woodson's father when Jackie was born?
(a) 26.
(b) 25.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

14. When does Jackie describe her grandfather bringing home superhero comic books for his grandchildren in "Hope"?
(a) On Tuesdays.
(b) On Saturdays.
(c) On Fridays.
(d) On Thursdays.

15. When did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?
(a) August 28, 1963.
(b) April 7, 1964.
(c) September 14, 1962.
(d) July 12, 1966.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breakfast does the poet describe eating in "Bible Times"?

2. What flavor ice-cream is described as Gunnar's favorite in "The Candy Lady"?

3. What is the name of Jacqueline Woodson's maternal grandfather?

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

5. During what years was John F. Kennedy President of the United States?

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