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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. When was Malcolm X born?

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

3. What night of the week is described in "Hair Night"?

4. When was Jacqueline Woodson born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. Who is the focus of the poem "Football Dreams"? What is related in this narrative?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define the following poetry terms and discuss an example of each from Brown Girl Dreaming: assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition. What purpose does each example serve for the reader? How does the poetry of Jacqueline Woodson differ when read aloud?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the Woodson ancestry. How was Jacqueline Woodson related to Thomas Jefferson? How many children did Thomas Jefferson father with Sally Hemings? How does the author relate this information in Brown Girl Dreaming? Why does she relate it?

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