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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 breakfast does the poet describe eating in "Bible Times"?
(a) Buttered biscuits.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Bacon and eggs.
(d) Pancakes.

2. Where were Jacqueline Woodson's ancestors living when they were slaves?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) South Carolina.

3. What kind of pet did Mary Anne want when she was little, but Georgiana refused?
(a) A pig.
(b) A dog.
(c) A horse.
(d) A cat.

4. Where was Jacqueline's ancestor Thomas Woodson from?
(a) Oxford, Mississippi.
(b) Chillicothe, Ohio.
(c) Harlem, New York.
(d) Brooklyn, New York.

5. When did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?
(a) July 12, 1966.
(b) April 7, 1964.
(c) September 14, 1962.
(d) August 28, 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jacqueline Woodson's family travel from Ohio to South Carolina each winter when she was young?

2. What street did Mary Anne's parents live on in South Carolina?

3. What did Jacqueline come to call her maternal grandfather when living with him, according to the narrative of "Gunnar's Children"?

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

5. Who was the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. How is Odell described in the poem "Uncle Odell"? Who was named for Odell?

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

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

5. How does the author establish the social and political atmosphere into which she was born in "Second Daughter’s Second Day on Earth"?

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

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

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

9. How does the author describe her grandmother's rules in "The Right Way to Speak"?

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

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