Brown Girl Dreaming

What happens to Grandmother Irby after "Daddy" dies?

• She dies soon after of a broken heart.

• With only one mouth to feed, she is able to give up her job cleaning houses.

• She moves to New York.

• After a period of mourning, she manages to find a new love.

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What do Jacqueline and Maria like to buy at the bodega?

• bubble gum cigarettes

• lipstick

• comic books

• nickel candies

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Jacqueline do every fall

• make up stories about what she did over the summer

• travel to visit her family in Greenville

• join the school soccer team

• write a letter to Grandmother Woodson

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What does Woodson emphasize in "Bushwick History Lesson"?

• the diversity of her neighborhood

• the challenges of living without her father

• the hardships she faces because she's not as smart as Odella

• the fight for American independence

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

What does Ms. Vivo, Jacqueline's teacher, tell her that makes her begin to fill with pride and confidence?

• "You're a writer."

• "You're just as smart as Odella."

• "You belong here in Bushwick."

• "You are my favorite."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What has changed about Uncle Robert when he gets out of jail?

• He has become a Muslim.

• He has grown sick and weak.

• He has shaved his head to protest the discrimination against people of color.

• He no longer believes there is hope for equality.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What makes the section "each world" at the end of the book so different from the rest of the narrative?

• Woodson switches from first to second person.

• Woodson writes in prose rather than poetic form.

• Woodson writes from her adult perspective rather than her childhood perspective.

• Woodson shifts to include the perspectives of various family members.

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following are settings in the novel? Select all that apply.

• The Woodson family home in Ohio

• New York City

• the family farm

• the house where Woodson's mother grew up

• the grave of Uncle Robert

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9