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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did the American Civil War end?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1865.

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

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

5. How old was Jacqueline Woodson's father when Jackie was born?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mary Anne's family live in South Carolina?

2. How is Dorothy related to Mary Anne?

3. How many children did Grandma Georgiana's mother give birth to?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the focus of the poem "Football Dreams"? What is related in this narrative?

2. How does the author describe the names in her family in "Family Names"?

3. When and where does the author describe her paternal great-great-grandfather's birth in "It’ll Be Scary Sometimes"?

4. How is the unfolding Civil Rights Movement described in the poem "South Carolina at War"?

5. Into what genres does Brown Girl Dreaming fall? How are these genres defined?

6. How is "Daywork" described in the poem with the same name? Who took on daywork to support Jackie and her siblings when they were growing up?

7. Who are the people described in "The Almost Friends"?

8. How are the poet's parents described in "Second Daughter’s Second Day on Earth"?

9. How does the author describe her ancestry in "February 12, 1963"?

10. How is the house described in "The Ghosts of the Nelsonville House"? Where is Nelsonville?

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