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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jacqueline Woodson describe her infant fists in "Second Daughter's Second Day on Earth"?
(a) "Shaking from fear and sorrow."
(b) "Ready to change the world."
(c) "Clenched in determination and glory."
(d) "Clenched in rage."

2. What kind of branch has Jackie's mother stripped to use as a switch in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?
(a) A weeping willow branch.
(b) A sage-brush branch.
(c) A rose-bush branch.
(d) An elm tree branch.

3. Where does the poet describe Bernie and Peaches moving in "Moving Again"?
(a) To Far Rockaway.
(b) To Queens.
(c) To Bedford-Stuyvesant.
(d) To Harlem.

4. Who was the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South?
(a) Jacqueline Woodson.
(b) Mabel Smith.
(c) Sarah James.
(d) Ruby Bridges.

5. What book of essays did James Baldwin publish in 1963?
(a) The Road Within.
(b) The Lost Way North.
(c) The Fire Next Time.
(d) The Doctor's Tale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ran the Nursery and Day School that Jackie and her siblings attended while in Greenville?

2. Where was William J. Woodson born?

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

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

5. What was William J. Woodson's relationship to Jacqueline?

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