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What is Jacqueline's fathers name?

Jack Woodson.

100

What subject area is Hope really interested in?

Science/Chemistry

100

Where was segregation the worst at the time this book took place?

The south

100
List the three states Jacqueline lives in throughout the book.

Ohio, South Carolina, New York

100

What do the children do when they're bored in New York and they cant go outside?

Play board games

200

What are the names of the four siblings at the center of this book, list them in order of oldest to youngest.

Hope, Odella, Jacqueline, Roman

200

During what decades does the book take place?

1960's/1970's

200

How did Miss Bell, a neighbor of the Irby's in South Carolina, support the march?

She fed and gave hospitality to the marchers.

200

What is the street Jackie lives on in Greenville?

Hall street
200

What makes baby Roman sick?

Eating Lead-based paint

300

What was Jaqueline's bestfriend's name (in New York)?

Maria

300

After they leave their father in Ohio, where does Jacqueline's mom take them to live, and who do they live with?

In South Carolina with Jacqueline's maternal grandparents, Gunnar and Georgiana Irby.

300

How did the Mom tell the kids to act on the bus?

She told them to sit straight, but she still told them that they were equal to everyone else.

300

What school do the children go to in the summer?

Mrs. Hughes’s Nursery and Day School.

300

What is Jacqueline's birthday?

February 12, 1963

400

What is Jacqueline's mothers name?

Mary Ann Irby

400

What did the kids do every Saturday in South Carolina?

They tried to sell bibles by knocking on peoples doors.

400

What happened to Aunt Kay?

She got drunk and fell down the stairs and died.

400

What school does Jackie go to in New York?

P. S. 106

400

What was so significant about Jacqueline's great great grandfather?

He fought in the Civil War and his name is on a memorial in Washington D.C.

500

What are the names of Jacqueline's aunts?

Aunt Caroline, Aunt Alicia, Aunt Ann, Aunt Ada.

500

It is mentioned early on in the book, what president is Jacqueline descended from?

Thomas Jefferson

500

What happened to Uncle Robert at the end of the book?

He went to jail and became Islamic.

500

What is the street where the family shops in New York?


Knickerbocker Avenue



500

What do the children buy when they go to the corner bodega?


Bubblegum cigarettes