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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. On what night of the week did Jackie's mother depart for New York in the poem "The Blanket"?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Tuesday.

5. When was the American Civil War declared?
(a) 1869.
(b) 1861.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1826.

6. Who was the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South?
(a) Jacqueline Woodson.
(b) Sarah James.
(c) Ruby Bridges.
(d) Mabel Smith.

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

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

9. What was the occupation of Jacqueline Woodson's maternal grandfather?
(a) He was a printing press foreman.
(b) He was an actor.
(c) He was a plumber.
(d) He was a cabinet maker.

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

11. How old was Jacqueline Woodson's mother when Jackie was born?
(a) 24.
(b) 26.
(c) 22.
(d) 19.

12. 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.

13. Whose wish for a man's head on a platter is described in the poem "Bible Times"?
(a) Abel's.
(b) Salome's.
(c) Judas's.
(d) Cain's.

14. What kind of branch has Jackie's mother stripped to use as a switch in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?
(a) An elm tree branch.
(b) A sage-brush branch.
(c) A rose-bush branch.
(d) A weeping willow branch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book of essays did James Baldwin publish in 1963?

2. What street did Mary Anne's parents live on in South Carolina?

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

4. When was Jacqueline Woodson born?

5. What line is repeated several times in the poem "The Almost Friends"?

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