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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the poet describe topping the letter "J" with in "The Beginning"?
(a) A pedestal.
(b) A jagged line.
(c) A crowbar.
(d) A straight hat.

2. During what years was John F. Kennedy President of the United States?
(a) 1961-1963.
(b) 1959-1961.
(c) 1961-1965.
(d) 1963-1965.

3. What did Jackie and her siblings use to soothe Georgina's feet at night?
(a) Toothpaste.
(b) Ice water.
(c) Epsom salt.
(d) Vinegar.

4. What is the name of Jacqueline Woodson's maternal grandfather?
(a) Jack Rogers.
(b) Gunnar Irby.
(c) Andrew Williams.
(d) Hunter Smith.

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

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

7. Who is described as looking down on the South for its inequality in "Journey"?
(a) Jack.
(b) Dell.
(c) Roman.
(d) Mary Anne.

8. When was Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1929.

9. What did Jacqueline come to call her maternal grandfather when living with him, according to the narrative of "Gunnar's Children"?
(a) "Grandpa."
(b) "Daddy."
(c) "Pop Pop."
(d) "Papaw."

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

11. What was William J. Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?
(a) He was her great-great-uncle.
(b) He was her great-grandfather.
(c) He was her grandfather.
(d) He was her great-great-grandfather.

12. What was Mary Anne's sister Caroline called?
(a) Carrie.
(b) Kay.
(c) Lena.
(d) Mimi.

13. What night of the week is described in "Hair Night"?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Sunday.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was William J. Woodson born?

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

3. On what night of the week did Jackie's mother depart for New York in the poem "The Blanket"?

4. When was William J. Woodson born?

5. When was the American Civil War declared?

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