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
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Whose house is located at the end of East Earlham Street block?
Grandma Clara and Granddad Charles
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of Jerry Pinkney’s arithmetic teacher?
Mr. Scott
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How old is Jerry Pinkney in the summer of 1949?
Nine Years Old
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the house number of the house on E. Earlham Street where Jerry grew up?
Fifty One
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What was Jerry’s favorite dessert?
Peach Cobbler
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is Jderry’s youngest sister’s name?
Helen
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of Jerry’s middle sister?
Claudia
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Who came up with the idea to build a clubhouse?
Elsworth
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Which of Jerry’s brothers worked for Acme supermarket?
Billy
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What color was the Pinkney family’s piano painted?
Pink
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the magazine with pictures of WWII that Jerry found hidden in the wardrobe?
Life
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What was Jerry’s mother’s favorite hymn?
Blessed Assurance
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What day of the week were English tests at Jerry’s school?
Friday
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What was Jerry’s (English) teacher’s name at school?
Mrs. Miller
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How many minues does Mrs. Miller give students to reveiw before the English test?
Forty Five Minutes
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the elementary school Jerry attended?
Hill Elementary
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the title of the assembly about how to protect yourself in case of an atomic bomb?
Duck and Cover
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the Ice Cream man on East Earlham street?
Moe
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the river under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia?
Delaware River
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What does Bobby shout to his friends to signal that their is a police car nearby?
Red Car
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What color were the police cars in Philadelphia when Jerry was a kid?
[Fire engine] Red
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What was the name of the bridge the Pinkney family crossed to get to Jersey Shore?
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What was the black section of Jersey Shore known as?
Chicken Bone Beach
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Who helped Jerry bury the bird that he accidently shot with his bow and arrow?
Mom
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the new school Jerry was entering for eighth grade?
Theodore Roosevelt [Junior High]
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How many dollars per week was Jerry offered to sell newspapers?
Six
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the first name of the man who gave Jerry a job selling newspapers?
Matt
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How much money did a newspaper cost?
A nickel
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How many papers did Matt start Jerry with on his first day?
Twenty
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Which of Jerry’s Aunts bought newspapers from him on his first week on the job?
Edna
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the store clerk at Burton’s Paint Store?
Mr. Allen
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How much did Jerry charge for the first sketch that he sold?
A nickel
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the comic strip that John Liney drew?
Henry
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What city does Jerry grow up in?
Philadelphia
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, In the summer of 1949, what does Uncle Alec slowly polish?
Trailer, or cab of his cross-county trailer
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the church with the cemetery that Jerry plays in with his friends?
Saint Luke’s Episcopal
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is Jerry’s favorite childhood dessert?
Peach Cobbler
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What are the names of Jerry’s five siblings?
Claudia, Joan, Helen, Eddie, Billy
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Name two of Jerry’s favorite comic book characters that fill his sketchbook as a child.
Billy the Kid, Hopalong Cassidy, the Lone Ranger
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, The vacant lot is across from whose house?
Grandma Clara and Grandpa Charlie
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Name three of the tools that Jerry borrows from his dad’s workshop in order to build a clubhouse.
Hammers, handsaw, blue drafting paper, nails, carpenter pencils, crow bar, straight edge
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What magazine does Jerry find buried under his mother’s bed linens inside a large wardrobe?
Life
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is hanging from the ceiling of the bedroom Jerry shares with his two brothers?
Model airplane
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What does Jerry’s mother give him to help soothe his stomachache on Friday mornings?
Two Tums
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What does Jerry draw at school for Mrs. Miller to bring his grade up?
Fire Engine, specifically the wheels, ladder, and hose
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is made in the factory where Jerry and his friends play basketball under the fire escapes?
Blaisdell Pencils
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, On which street is the apartment that Jerry’s family stays while on vacation in Atlantic City?
Missouri Avenue
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What famous attraction can be found at Steel Pier?
A diving horse
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What does Jerry’s mother pack for their picnic lunch at the beach in Atlantic City?
Fried Chicken and Potato Salad
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, When Jerry draws the diving horse and rider, what does he say is the hardest part to draw?
The splash
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Jerrry’s family heads to New Jersey to help build a house for his aunt and uncle on which holiday weekend?
Labor Day
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What does Jerry accidentally shoot with his arrow when he’s in the forest?
A bird
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the school that Jerry attends for 8th grade?
Theodore Roosevelt Junior High
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What job does Jerry get when he’s almost 13?
Newspaper Sales Person
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the store that Jerry’s dad buys paint at on Chelton Avenue? [Be specific]
Burton’s Paint Store
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, On what day of the week does Jerry first sell all of his newspapers?
Saturday
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How much does Jerry sell each newspaper for?
5 cents, one nickel
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the store full of headless manequins, the perfect still life to draw?
Rowell’s
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, How much does Jerry sell his first drawing for?
A nickel
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Where did Vinny go with his parents where he felt bored stiff?
Philadelphia Museum of Art
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, Other than art supplies, what two things does Jerry spend his newspaper earnings on?
Soda pops and Clark bars
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the artist who manages a sign shop and hires Jerry as an apprentice?
Samuel Brown
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, In what year does Jerry begin working for Rust Craft Greeting Card Company?
1960
In Just Jerry: How Drawing Shaped my Life, What is the name of the first children’s book that Jerry is an illustrator for?
The Adventures of Spider