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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. What animals are described as making noise at the time of Jacqueline's birth in "Other People's Memory"?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Blue jays.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Cats.

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

3. Where was Jacqueline Woodson born?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) Columbus, Ohio.
(d) Nelsonville, South Carolina.

4. When did Rosa Parks take a stand by refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
(a) August 13, 1959.
(b) December 1, 1955.
(c) July 3, 1958.
(d) March 12, 1969.

5. What flavor ice-cream is described as Gunnar's favorite in "The Candy Lady"?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Butternut pecan.
(c) Lemon-chiffon.
(d) Vanilla.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Georgina tell her grandchildren never to do?

2. What title of address did Jackie's mother forbid her children to use?

3. What is the name of Jacqueline Woodson's father?

4. What does the poet describe topping the letter "J" with in "The Beginning"?

5. How did Jacqueline Woodson's Uncle Odell die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe her feelings about the Bible and Christianity in "Bible Times"?

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

4. How does the author describe her siblings in the poems "The Reader" and "Hope" from Part 1?

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

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

7. What was Gunnar Irby's profession? What struggles did he face in his job?

8. 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?

9. How is life in Greenville described in the poem "Ohio Behind Us"?

10. How is the Woodsons' lineage described in "The Woodsons of Ohio"?

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