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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. What did Uncle Robert tell Jackie and her siblings they could make wishes on in "Wishes"?

2. What does the poet describe Hope performing in "Hope Onstage"?

3. What kind of tree does the poet describe sitting under on her block in "How to Listen #6"?

4. Where is the church that Mary Anne took her children to attend in Brooklyn?

5. Who are the other children described in Jackie's first grade class that did not pledge allegiance each day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe her family's reaction in "When I Tell My Family"? What does Jackie describe telling them?

2. Where did Jacqueline Woodson's family move after the death of Aunt Kay? How is this setting described in "Moving Again"?

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

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

5. Why does Jacqueline Woodson say she wrote "Jackie" on the board in school in the poem "Late Autumn"?

6. Who is described as "The Other Woodson" in the poem by this name? To whom is this individual compared?

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

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

9. Who is described in "New Girl"? How does the poet describe her feelings for this individual?

10. How has the setting of Jackie's grandparents' home changed in "Daddy This Time"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss South Carolina’s history of Slavery and the “trainings” and oppressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. What do “trainings” refer to? How did the trainings originate? How accurate is Gunnar’s explanation of the social unrest in South Carolina and the emerging Civil Rights Movement?

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 analyze the characterizations of Grandma Georgiana and Grandpa Gunnar in the memoir. How would you describe Jackie’s relationship with her maternal grandparents? Where did Gunnar work?

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