Locomotion by Woodson Section 1

Lonnie Collins Motion is an eleven year old

• student

• poet

• brother

• all

When Lonnie says, "the ideas on my head go out like a candle ," he really means

• he is angry

• he hates writing poems

• he forgets his thought

• he is sleepy

Who is Miss Edna ?

• Locomotion's aunt

• Locomotion's foster mother

• Locomotion's new mama

• Locomotion's sister

Ms. Marcus is Lonnie's...

• Foster Mother

• Teacher

• Biological Mother

• A neighbor

Who does Lonnie "see" in the stars?

• His parents

• His sister

• Miss Edna

• Nothing

What two things remind Lonnie of his mother?

• Poetry

• Tangerine Lifesavers

• Pigeons

• Honeysuckle Talc Powder

Lonnie has a flashback to a time with his mom and sister. What bird flies through the window in this flashback?

• Sparrow

• Canary

• Pigeon

• Robin

Lonnie describes the woman on television in "Commercial Break" because Ms. Marcus tells him to be descriptive. What word does he use to describe her?

• Pretty

• White

• Rich

• Skinny

Lonnie compares the "Throwaway Boys" in the group home to...

• Criminals

• Thieves

• Prey

• Monsters

In the poem "Haiku" Lonnie can be...

• Temperamental

• Vicious

• Fearless

• Anxious