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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. How did Jacqueline Woodson's family travel from Ohio to South Carolina each winter when she was young?
(a) By train.
(b) By airplane.
(c) By car.
(d) By bus.

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

3. What was Mary Anne's sister Caroline called?
(a) Lena.
(b) Kay.
(c) Carrie.
(d) Mimi.

4. What is the name of Mary Anne Woodson's sister who was less than a year older than her?
(a) Mabel.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Caroline.
(d) Alexandra.

5. During what years was John F. Kennedy President of the United States?
(a) 1963-1965.
(b) 1959-1961.
(c) 1961-1965.
(d) 1961-1963.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Jack Woodson earn a scholarship to attend college?

3. How does Jacqueline Woodson describe her infant fists in "Second Daughter's Second Day on Earth"?

4. What flavor ice-cream is described as Gunnar's favorite in "The Candy Lady"?

5. What was the occupation of Jacqueline Woodson's maternal grandfather?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story is related from Grandma Georgiana's perspective in "Other People’s Memory"?

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

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

4. How is the history of slavery described in Jackie's maternal grandparents' ancestry in "The Garden"?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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