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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where had Mary Anne's sister recently moved in the poem "Ohio Behind Us"?
(a) New York.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) Missouri.

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

4. In what war did William J. Woodson fight?
(a) The American Civil War.
(b) The Mexican-American War.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War II.

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

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

7. What animals are described as making noise at the time of Jacqueline's birth in "Other People's Memory"?
(a) Blue jays.
(b) Pigeons.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Cats.

8. Where was Jacqueline's ancestor Thomas Woodson from?
(a) Harlem, New York.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) Oxford, Mississippi.
(d) Chillicothe, Ohio.

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

10. What word has Hope said, causing his mother to hit him with a switch, in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?
(a) "Negro."
(b) "Damn."
(c) "Please."
(d) "Ain't."

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

12. Whose dream of a ladder to heaven is described in "Bible Times"?
(a) Peter's.
(b) Jacob's.
(c) Abel's.
(d) Moses's.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the maiden name of Jacqueline Woodson's mother?

2. How old was Jacqueline Woodson's father when Jackie was born?

3. Who was Thomas Woodson's mother?

4. When was Malcolm X born?

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

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