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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the short story "The Selfish Giant"?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

2. What physical trait do Mary Anne, Gunnar, Jackie, Dell, and Hope all share, according to the poet in "Genetics"?
(a) Dimples.
(b) Broad shoulders and small feet.
(c) Large noses.
(d) Gaps between their front teeth.

3. What school does Jackie describe attending in "First Grade"?
(a) P.S. 203.
(b) P.S. 106.
(c) Harlem Elementary.
(d) P.S. 56.

4. 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) Cornwall's.
(b) Henry's Hardware.
(c) Cortwright's.
(d) Woolworth's.

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

6. How old was Roman when he finally returned from the hospital in "One Place"?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

7. Who took Jackie, Dell, and Hope to South Carolina in "Home Again to Hall Street"?
(a) Aunt Kay.
(b) Grandpa Gunnar.
(c) Uncle Robert.
(d) Mary Anne.

8. What does the poet describe Hope performing in "Hope Onstage"?
(a) A dramatic monologue.
(b) A poem.
(c) A short-story reading.
(d) A solo song.

9. Where did Uncle Robert promise to take Jackie and her siblings in the poem "Far Rockaway"?
(a) A Yankees game.
(b) Queen.s
(c) Harlem.
(d) Coney Island.

10. In what neighborhood of Brooklyn is the apartment that is described in "Brooklyn, New York"?
(a) Brownsville.
(b) Park Slope.
(c) Brooklyn Heights.
(d) Carroll Gardens.

11. In whose shadow does the poet describe growing up in "The Other Woodson"?
(a) Hope's.
(b) Dell's.
(c) Mary Anne's.
(d) Roman's.

12. Who are the other children described in Jackie's first grade class that did not pledge allegiance each day?
(a) Sara and Michelle.
(b) Gina and Alina.
(c) Mary and Peter.
(d) Anna and Paul.

13. What had Grandpa Gunnar done with the swing set in "Daddy This Time"?
(a) He sold it.
(b) He buried it.
(c) He gave it away.
(d) He had cemented it down.

14. Why did Jacqueline Woodson write her name as "Jackie" in the poem "Late Autumn"?
(a) Because she couldn't spell Jacqueline.
(b) Because she was unable to hear.
(c) Because she had always wanted to be called Jackie.
(d) Because she couldn't make a cursive "Q."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Part 3 of Brown Girl Dreaming?

2. Where did Jackie go when the pledge of allegiance was said in class in first grade?

3. What led to Hope's interest in science, according to the poet in "Chemistry"?

4. When is the poem "Maria" set?

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

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