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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 word in the book is used to describe fire hydrants that are turned on for children in the summertime in New York?

2. Where does the poet describe Maria spending her summers in "Fresh Air"?

3. Where did Uncle Robert promise to take Jackie and her siblings in the poem "Far Rockaway"?

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

5. Who lived below Jackie's family when they moved to Herzl Street?

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

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

4. Who wrote the short story "The Selfish Giant"? How is this story described in the poem with the same name in Brown Girl Dreaming?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where does the author describe her family moving in Brooklyn in "Brooklyn, New York"? Why did they move?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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