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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom take place?
(a) August 28, 1963.
(b) September 14, 1962.
(c) April 7, 1964.
(d) July 12, 1966.

2. Where had Mary Anne's sister recently moved in the poem "Ohio Behind Us"?
(a) Missouri.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Texas.

3. Where is Dorothy's seamstress that makes her dresses and gloves described in "The Training"?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Chattanooga.
(c) New York.
(d) Memphis.

4. What creatures "keep going / as though they know their song / is our lullaby" in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Blue jays.
(b) Frogs.
(c) Hummingbirds.
(d) Crickets.

5. What is the name of the predominantly African-American community in Greenville, South Carolina, that is described by the poet?
(a) Brownsville.
(b) Nicholtown.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Everett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word has Hope said, causing his mother to hit him with a switch, in the poem "The Right Way to Speak"?

2. During what years was John F. Kennedy President of the United States?

3. What breakfast does the poet describe eating in "Bible Times"?

4. What did Jackie and her siblings use to soothe Georgina's feet at night?

5. When did the American Civil War end?

Short Essay Questions

1. Into what genres does Brown Girl Dreaming fall? How are these genres defined?

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

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

4. When and where does the author describe her paternal great-great-grandfather's birth in "It’ll Be Scary Sometimes"?

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

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

7. How does the author describe her grandmother's rules in "The Right Way to Speak"?

8. How is Odell described in the poem "Uncle Odell"? Who was named for Odell?

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

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

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