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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Jacqueline Woodson when her parents separated?

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

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

4. What is the name of the predominantly African-American community in Greenville, South Carolina, that is described by the poet?

5. Where is Dorothy's seamstress that makes her dresses and gloves described in "The Training"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the author describe calling her grandfather in "Gunnar's Children"? How does she describe her feelings for her grandfather?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Jacqueline Woodson's siblings and discuss their relationships growing up. What were the age differences between Jackie and her siblings? With whom did Jackie feel the most rivalry growing up? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss segregation in the South in 1963 and the setting of Greenville, South Carolina, at this time. How big was Greenville? How has the city changed in the past 50 years? When was Greenville desegregated?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of New York when Jackie first arrived there with her mother and siblings. During what decade did Jackie's family move to New York? Where did they live? Where did they move after their first home? Why? How did Jackie compare New York with South Carolina?

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