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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. Where is Dorothy's seamstress that makes her dresses and gloves described in "The Training"?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) New York.
(d) Charleston.

2. Where did Mary Anne's family live in South Carolina?
(a) Greenville.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Charleston.
(d) Myrtle Beach.

3. What form are the poems of Brown Girl Dreaming?
(a) Haiku.
(b) Iambic pentameter.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Blank verse.

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

5. What night of the week is described in "Hair Night"?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Jacqueline's ancestor Thomas Woodson from?

2. What is described as Hope's Kryptonite in the poem "Hope"?

3. What title of address did Jackie's mother forbid her children to use?

4. What Biblical river is referenced in the poem "The Leavers"?

5. What is Grace Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolic image that concludes the poem "Second Daughter’s Second Day on Earth"? What is symbolized in this imagery?

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

3. How is life in Greenville described in the poem "Ohio Behind Us"?

4. What event is described in the poem "The Candy Lady"?

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

6. What conflict is described in the poem "A Girl Named Jack"?

7. How is the Woodsons' lineage described in "The Woodsons of Ohio"?

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

9. How does the author describe her feelings about the Bible and Christianity in "Bible Times"?

10. 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?

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