Brown Girl Dreaming Review

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In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?

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Odella is smart

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Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

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New York City

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In the poem "another way" from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson's mother bring home?

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board games

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What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?

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It is made up of poems

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In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?

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He likes them

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If Mia says the snowflakes are feathery, what does she mean?

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The snowflakes are soft and light

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Which of the following sentences best shows the meaning of shushes? Evan flattens each ball of cookie dough into a circle., Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise., Isa cheers wildly for the home team when they score., Jackson puts on his boots and wades through the mud.

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Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise.

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Your little brother is humming at the dinner table. Which of your senses tells you this?

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hearing

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In the poem "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Woodson feel about staying indoors?

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Staying indoors bores her

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Which line or lines in "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the answer from the previous question?

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...Nothing to do but/ watch/ the gray sidewalk grow darker...