Personal Narrative

Multiple Choice

Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

• Halsey Park

• New York City

• Uncle Robert's house

• Greenville, South Carolina

Multiple Choice

Readers can determine that this poem is set in another era in time because

• the woman accepts an orange for a payment

• a boy bought candy for a girl

• the price of the chocolate was ten cents

• the boy was kind

Multiple Choice

The speaker puts the orange on the counter because

• he does not have another nickel
• he's aware of the lady's fondness for fruit
• he wants the girl to notice how generous he is
• he has an extra orange and he simply wants to share

Multiple Choice

What does the speaker do to impress his girlfriend?

• takes her out to dinner
• takes her on a walk
• buys her chocolate
• takes her to a candy store

Multiple Choice

What can you infer that the “oranges” represent?

• cold.

• chocolate.

• money.

• love.

Multiple Choice

How can we tell that Woodson (the writer) is telling us something important in her writing?

• She repeats it

• She makes it rhyme

• She separates it from the other lines

• She puts parentheses ( ) around it

Multiple Choice

What is the main thing we learn about Jacqueline's older sister, Odella?

• Odella is smart and she reads.

• Odella is bossy.

• Odella runs wild.

• Odella tells lies.

Multiple Choice

What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?

• It is written in prose.

• It is written in poetry.

• It is written like a journal.

• It is written like a text message.

Multiple Choice

How would you describe Woodson's older sister, Odella?

• Tells lies

• Smart

• Wild

• Bossy

Multiple Choice

How does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?

• He thinks they are lies

• They make him homesick

• He likes them

• They confuse him

Multiple Choice

What does the author always seem to be doing in "Brown Girl Dreaming"?

• Making up stories

• Dancing in the living room

• Trying to sneak out

• Getting into trouble

Multiple Choice

singing with closed lips and without words

• twirl

• humming

• squish

• twirl

Multiple Choice

a writer tells a true story from a specific period in his or her own life

• mood

• genre

• point of view

• memoir

Multiple Choice

Who is the author writing about?

• The author is writing about her sister.

• The author is writing about herself.

• The author is writing about her mom.

• I am not sure.

Multiple Select

What clues helped you figure out the author was writing about herself?

• Pronouns

• The author used her name

• I don't know who the author is talking about

• The story is written in first person.

Open Ended

What is a personal narrative?