Brown Girl Dreaming - Chapter 1 Quiz

Why does Woodson use italics (slanted writing) in the poem “Second Daughter’s Second Day on Earth”?

• Woodson uses italics to describe the lives of famous activists.

• Woodson uses italics to show dialogue between family members.

• Woodson uses italics to describe the day of her birth in her own voice.

• Woodson uses italics to show the difference between spoken words and her own thoughts.

Who do the “ghosts” refer to in the poem “the ghosts of the nelsonville house”?

• “Ghosts” figuratively refer to relatives who lived in the house when they were young.

• “Ghosts” figuratively refer to family members who have passed away.

• “Ghosts” refer to actual ghosts that haunt the Nelsonville home.

• “Ghosts” refer to negative characteristics of her family members.

How do the poems “it’ll be scary sometimes” and “football dreams” develop similar ideas about Jacqueline’s family?

• They suggest that Jacqueline’s father was devoted to his own family.

• They suggest that Jacqueline’s family was admired in their community.

• They illustrate a history of hard work and achievement in Jacqueline’s family.

• They illustrate a history of Jacqueline’s family supporting each other through hard times.

What is Woodson’s most likely reason for including several poems about her father’s side of the family?

• To show Jacqueline’s confusion about who she should become as she grows up.

• To establish the conflict between her mother’s and father’s side of the family.

• To highlight her sense of pride in her family’s strength and excellence.

• To establish her family’s involvement in important historical events.

Deserts are often _ because they are so hot and dry.

• barren

• lush

• empty

• lonely

The night sky was clear so we could gaze up and see the _ perfectly.

• constellation

• big dipper

• moon

It is said that Abraham Lincoln _ over three million slaves.

• captured

• emancipated

• employed

Brown Girl Dreaming takes place during the ____ to the ____. 

• 1940s to the 1950s

• 1960s to the 1970s

• 1980s to the 1990s

• 2000s to the 2010s

Brown Girl Dreaming is a novel in verse meaning ____________.

• it is a story told from different character's points of view.

• it is a story told through song lyrics.

• it is a story through poems.

What is setting?

• Setting is the universal message about life in a story.

• Setting is the perspective in which a story is told.

• Setting is the time and place a story occurs.