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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 was the "New Girl" Diana from?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Puerto Rico.

2. What is the title of Part 3 of Brown Girl Dreaming?
(a) “The Stories of South Carolina Run Like Rivers.”
(b) “Power to the People.”
(c) “I am Born.”
(d) "Followed the Sky's Mirrored Constellation to Freedom."

3. When did Langston Hughes die?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1972.

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

5. Why did Jackie not pledge allegiance to the flag at school growing up?
(a) She was not born in America.
(b) She was always late.
(c) Her religion forbids it.
(d) She had a speech disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Uncle Robert give to Mary Anne when he moved to New York?

2. Who took Jackie, Dell, and Hope to South Carolina in "Home Again to Hall Street"?

3. What did Robert give to Dell when he arrived in New York in "Uncle Robert"?

4. Where does the poet describe her mother working in an office in "Lessons"?

5. Where did Jackie go when the pledge of allegiance was said in class in first grade?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made Jacqueline Woodson relate to the character of Stevie, as seen in "Stevie and Me"? Who is Stevie?

2. What does the poet describe Gunnar impressing upon her in "Daddy This Time"?

3. How does the author describe her school in "First Grade"?

4. Where does the author describe Grandma Georgiana sitting on the bus in "What Everybody Knows Now"? Why did she sit here?

5. How does the poet describe the first notebook she found in "Composition Notebook"?

6. How does the poet describe her learning methods in "Writing #2"?

7. How does the author describe her aunt in the poem "Caroline But We Called Her Aunt Kay, Some Memories"?

8. How does the poet describe the limitations of her faith in the poem "Flag"?

9. What is described in the poem "Six Minutes"? What do the "six minutes" in the title refer to?

10. Who attended church in Brooklyn with Jackie when she was growing up? How is the church described in the poem "Another Kingdom Hall"?

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