JJ2-CQ Flashcards
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, how old is Jerry in 1949?
9
[2 part question] In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what 2 materials was the fence outside Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church Cemetery made of?
stone, concrete
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, in the drawing of Jerry on the chicken coop, how many chickens are shown?
3
[2 part question] In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, name 2 of the things in Jerry’s family’s backyard.
trash, Mother’s plant pots, laundry, shed, icebox, washing machine, clothes wringer, laundry baskets, glass jugs of spring water
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what is in the wooden crates stascked high in the hallway at Jerry’s house?
fruits and vegetables
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, where does Jerry keep his pencils?
empty mayonnaise jar
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, how does Jerry suggest he and his friends get the window out of the abandoned car?
pry it out with his dad’s crowbar
[2 part question] In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what is mounted at each end of Jerry’s dad’s work table?
a wood lathe and a vise
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, where does Jerry’s dad keep his saw in his workshop?
on a pegboard
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what kind of pencil does Jerry’s dad teach him to use?
a carpenter’s pencil
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what color is Jerry’s family’s piano?
pink
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what seemed like the “ultimate adventure” to Jerry when he was young?
war
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what does Jerry think about during air-raid drills at school?
the children behind wire fences he saw in Life magazine
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what is the name of the group of black pilots that Billy’s teacher told him about?
Tuskegee Airmen
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what time does Jerry’s dad usually arrive home?
6:30
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, in the illustration of Jerry drawing on his freshly painted wall, what does he draw?
superheroes
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what school subject does Jerry struggle the most with?
writing
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, who makes Jerry feel “valuable” and that all things are possible?
his mother
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, where does Jerry take boxing lessons?
at the Police Athletic League
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what street is Jerry’s school on?
Rittenhouse Street
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, who does Mrs. Miller remind Jerry of?
his mother
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what do Jerry and his friends play under the Blaisdell pencil factory fire escapes?
basketball
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what does Jerry’s dad always have attached to his overalls?
a ring of keys
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what river do Jerry and his friends ride their bikes to?
the Delaware River
[2 part question] In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what does Jerry’s dad tell him to do if he ever gets picked up by the police?
cooperate and tell the truth/don’t lie
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what color is the sand on Chicken Bone Beach in Atlantic City? Be specific
grayish
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what does Jerry suggest the kids play under the boardwalk at the beach?
dodgeball
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what’s the hardest part for Jerry to draw of the diving horse and rider?
the splash
[2 part question] In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, who are the parents of cousins Connie, Fannie, Herbie, and Pee Wee?
Aunt Jenny and Uncle Harold
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what kind of bird does Jerry startle when he goes into the woods with his bow and arrow?
wild turkeys
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what kind of cake does Jerry’s mother make for Labor Day weekend?
coconut cake
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what’s Jerry holding against his sketchbook in the drawing of himself sketching the dead bird?
a feather
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, how old is Jerry when he gets the job selling newspapers?
13
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what does Jerry do with the newspapers he buys?
throws them in a trash can
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, who works the counter at Burton’s when Jerry buys his sketchpad?
Mr. Allen
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, how much does Jerry sell his first drawings for?
a nickel
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what was Mr. Liney out of when he meets Jerry and invites him to visit his studio?
black ink
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what does Jerry tell Mr. Liney that his dad likes doing best of all?
making things with his hands
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what’s the solo exhibition of Jerry’s art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art called?
Witness: The Art of Jerry Pinkney
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what job does Jerry get when he takes a leave of absence from art school?
delivering flowers
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what is Jerry’s mother’sf first name?
Williemae
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped My Life, what is Jerry Pinkney’s birthday? (month, day, and year)
December 22, 1939