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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Jacqueline Woodson's middle name?
(a) Amanda.
(b) Roberta.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Angela.

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

4. Who is the "Tomboy" that this poem describes?
(a) Dell.
(b) Roman.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Hope.

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

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

7. Where is the church that Mary Anne took her children to attend in Brooklyn?
(a) Bushwick Avenue.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Park Avenue.
(d) Bedford Avenue.

8. What does Mary Anne bring home for her children in "Another Way"?
(a) Board games.
(b) A painting.
(c) Books.
(d) A piano.

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

10. What does the poet describe happening to the witch in "Family"?
(a) She gets chucked into the oven by Gretel.
(b) She is eaten by the dinosaur.
(c) She steps on a snake.
(d) She falls from the roof of her house.

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

12. Where did Uncle Robert move when he arrived in New York in "Uncle Robert"?
(a) Far Rockaway.
(b) Harlem.
(c) Greenwich Village.
(d) Bed-Stuy.

13. Where does the poet describe her mother working in an office in "Lessons"?
(a) The Upper East Side.
(b) Queens.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Brownsville.

14. Who lived above Jackie's family on Herzl Street?
(a) Peter.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Jack and Sarah.
(d) Aunt Kay and Bernie.

15. How far did Jackie have to walk to attend school in "First Grade"?
(a) 5 blocks.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 2 blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Pinocchio in the books, according to the poet in "Family"?

2. Who is the focus of the poem "The Paint Eater"?

3. What physical trait do Mary Anne, Gunnar, Jackie, Dell, and Hope all share, according to the poet in "Genetics"?

4. Why did Jackie not pledge allegiance to the flag at school growing up?

5. Where did Jackie and her siblings move after Aunt Kay's death, as described in the poem "Moving Again"?

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