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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many syllables comprise traditional haiku format?
(a) 6.
(b) 17.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

2. What kind of tree does the poet describe sitting under on her block in "How to Listen #6"?
(a) A birch tree.
(b) An oak tree.
(c) An elm tree.
(d) A willow tree.

3. Why did Jackie not pledge allegiance to the flag at school growing up?
(a) Her religion forbids it.
(b) She was not born in America.
(c) She was always late.
(d) She had a speech disorder.

4. Who lived below Jackie's family when they moved to Herzl Street?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Jack.
(c) Peter.
(d) Kay.

5. What aspect of learning did Jacqueline Woodson struggle with growing up?
(a) Math.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Reading.
(d) Science.

6. How does the poet describe her school in "First Grade"?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Horrific.
(c) Overbearing.
(d) Decrepit.

7. From where is Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother saved, according to the poet in "Family"?
(a) The bottom of the well.
(b) The barn.
(c) The belly of the wolf.
(d) The roof of the house.

8. What led to Hope's interest in science, according to the poet in "Chemistry"?
(a) Comic books.
(b) Girls.
(c) Saturday cartoons.
(d) Horror movies.

9. When did Langston Hughes die?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1967.

10. What did Jackie describe being bitten by in her story to Uncle Robert in "Believing"?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A snake.
(c) Spiders.
(d) A dog.

11. What store does the poet describe Grandma Georgiana avoiding because she was once made to wait long past her turn for service in "What Everybody Knows Now"?
(a) Woolworth's.
(b) Cortwright's.
(c) Cornwall's.
(d) Henry's Hardware.

12. Jackie's first book was a collection of seven haiku's focused on what subject?
(a) Birds.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Trees.
(d) Dandelions.

13. Where does the poet describe Bernie and Peaches moving in "Moving Again"?
(a) To Bedford-Stuyvesant.
(b) To Far Rockaway.
(c) To Harlem.
(d) To Queens.

14. Where was the "New Girl" Diana from?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) Mexico.

15. What color does the narrator describe New York as in the poem "New York City"?
(a) Red.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the focus of the poem "Gifted"?

2. In what neighborhood of Brooklyn is the apartment that is described in "Brooklyn, New York"?

3. What did Robert give to Dell when he arrived in New York in "Uncle Robert"?

4. Who ran the Nursery and Day School that Jackie and her siblings attended while in Greenville?

5. Who lived above Jackie's family on Herzl Street?

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