BGD sections 3-4: Review

Reread “gunnar’s children” on pgs. 50 - 52.

How do the Woodson children feel about Gunnar
coming home? What is the mood when he returns
home?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the mood Woodson creates through the description of her grandfather returning home on “Nicholtown evenings” (51)?

• comforting

• curious

• wild

• worrying

Reread “the reader,” “the beginning,” and “hope” on
pgs. 61 - 65.

How and why is reading important to the Woodson
children?

Multiple Choice

What do the poems “the reader,” “the beginning,” and “hope” suggest about Woodson and her siblings’ relationship with reading (61-65)?

• 1. Reading gave them an escape and a sense of possibility.

• 1. Reading gave them a way to understand their grandmother’s religion.

• 1. Reading gave them something in common with their new friends in Greenville.

• 1. Reading gave them a way to deal with the boredom of living at their grandparents’ house.

In “hope” on pgs. 64 - 65, what does it mean that “his
head bent / inside the superhero comic books my
grandfather / brings home on Fridays. Hope searches
for himself / inside their pages”?

Multiple Choice

1. In “hope,” Woodson says of her brother:

“his head bent / inside the superhero comic books my grandfather / brings home on Fridays. Hope searches for himself / inside their pages.” (64) 

What do these lines reveal about Hope?

• 1. Hope had unrealistic dreams for his future.

• 1. Hope was motivated to be as strong of a reader as Dell.

• 1. Hope did not appreciate the gifts his grandfather brought him.

• 1. Hope longed to be brave and strong like the characters he read about. 

Reread “the right way to speak” on pgs. 68 - 69.

Why doesn’t mama want her children to say “ma’am” to
anyone?

Multiple Choice

In “the right way to speak,” why didn’t Mama want her children to say “ma’am [to] anyone” (69)?

• 1. She didn’t want her children to speak incorrectly.

• 1. She didn’t want her children to speak disrespectfully to others.

• 1. She didn’t want her children to speak as if they were from the North.

• 1. She didn’t want her children to speak as if they were obedient to white people.

Reread the following lines from the poem “hair night” on pg.
84:

“My sisters voice / wafts over the kitchen, past the smell of
hair and oil and flame / settles / like a hand on my shoulder
and holds me there.”

What does the word wafts mean?

Dropdown

In the sentence "My sisters voice wafts over the kitchen, past the smell of hair and oil and flame..." wafts most likely means _​ .​ ​

Select answer

Reread the poem “ghosts” on pg. 92.

Why does the author compare the words to ghosts when she
says,“You can still see the words, right there / like a ghost
standing in front / still keeping you out” ?

Multiple Choice

What does the comparison of words to ghosts represent?

• 1. It represents Woodson’s difficulties with reading.

• 1. It represents the danger this store posed to the Nicholtown community.

• 1. It represents the racism and discrimination that still existed even after desegregation.

• 1. It represents Woodson’s inability to understand why not everyone believed in equality.

Reread “grown folks’ stories“on pgs. 98 - 99.

What do the italicized lines on pg. 99 mean?

Multiple Choice

1. What do the italicized lines on page 99 represent?

• 1. the dreams that Woodson had about her future

• 1. the secrets Daddy Gunnar wished to keep from the children

• 1. the conversations Woodson overheard and turned into her own stories

• 1. the worries Woodson had about what life would be like when they left Greenville

Poll

How did this format work for you compared to what we've been doing?

• this was worse- please never do this again

• they are about the same

• this worked better for me but lets keep trying other strategies

• this is the best way to answer questions related to the book- do this again