Brown Girl Dreaming - Poetry Practice
Authored by Melissa Mendoza
English
5th - 6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the main idea of the poem?
The speaker is in the hospital listening to her parents decide on a name.
The speaker is telling the story of how she got her name.
The speaker describes why Jack is an ugly name for a girl.
The speaker is concerned she will be stuck with the name Jack forever.
Tags
CCSS.RL.4.9
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.5.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
In stanza 5, the phrase "Name a girl Jack
and people will look at her twice," indicates the speaker -
is distracted by the girl's name
find the name Jack to be beautiful
hopes his child will not be ignored
can explain how her daughter will grow up.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
CCSS.RL.7.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Read the last stanza from the poem. The reader can infer her mom -
wanted her daughter to have freedom
wanted to support her husband in any way she could
was determined to give her a feminine name
desperately wanted to travel with her daughter
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.4.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which line from the poem helps the reader imagine how the family cared for the girl?
We won't have a girl named Jack
For no good reason but to ask if her parents were crazy
each aunt, pulling my pink blanket back... touching my cheeks
Good enough name for me, my father said/ the day I was born.
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The poem's structure helps the reader -
picture what the girl looks like
understand the story of her name
examine how the speaker's emotions about her name change
realize how the speaker feels about her name
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why are some of the lines and phrases in italics and some in regular font?
To help make the poem less straightforward
To show the women talking instead of the men
To explain what the speaker was thinking
To show the dialogue between parents
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.5
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.4.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
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