Chapter 5 of Brown Girl Dreaming
Authored by Krystal Fuller
English
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In this line, “This I can do — find him another place to be / when this world is choking him.” What does this illustrate about Jacqueline’s relationship with her grandfather?
Jacqueline’s worry about her grandfather’s religion gets in the way of their relationship.
Jacqueline’s relationship with her grandfather is improving now that she realizes he is sick.
Jacqueline’s connection to her grandfather is based on spending time together in his garden.
Jacqueline’s ability to comfort her grandfather through storytelling reveals their closeness.
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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“I will be five one day and the Nicholtown school / is a mystery / I’m just about to solve.” What does this metaphor reveal about Jacqueline’s perspective?
Jacqueline doesn’t want to give up the experiences she’s been looking forward to in Greenville
Jacqueline appreciates the sense of community in her grandparents’ neighborhood.
Jacqueline is eager to learn to read so she can read her mother’s letters.
Jacqueline is jealous of her sister’s achievement at school.
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CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which quotation best explains why Gunnar Irby rejects his wife’s religious practices?
“Do all the preaching and praying you want / but no need to do it for me.”
“I work hard, he says, I treat people like I want / to be treated. / God sees this. God knows.”
“But I want the world where my daddy is / and don’t know why / anybody’s God would make me / have to choose.”
“I wish / he would put on Sunday clothes, / take my hand, walk with us / down the road.”
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CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What are the different ways that Jacqueline is caught between “two worlds”?
(a)
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CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RL.6.2
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What does Dell’s gesture suggest about how she and her siblings feel in response to their mother’s letter?
Jacqueline finds more comfort in the promise that her family and home will always be there. She doesn’t fully understand or believe in the promises of her grandmother’s faith. ● HINT: “So much we don’t yet understand / So much we don’t yet believe.” (
“Do all the preaching and praying you want / but no need to do it for me.”
Dell runs her hand over the table as a way of remembering a place she loves. Her gesture suggests that she and her siblings feel a deep sense of loss at leaving their life with their grandparents.
Jacqueline’s stanzas show that she is reluctant to leave her home in Greenville but also longs to be with her mother. ● HINT: “I am too sleepy to tell her that Greenville is home. / That even in the wintertime, the crickets / sing us to sleep.” (
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CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RI.7.7
CCSS.RI.8.7
CCSS.RL.7.7
CCSS.RL.8.7
6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • Ungraded
In the poem, “two gods, two worlds,” Jacqueline says of her grandfather: “I wish / he would put on Sunday clothes, / take my hand, walk with us / down the road” (123).
How do these lines contribute to an understanding of the tension Jacqueline feels?
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Answer explanation
HINT: “Your God is not my God, he says.” (123)
● HINT: “Jehovah’s Witnesses believe / that everyone who doesn’t follow / God’s word will be destroyed … // … But I want a world where my daddy is / and don’t know why / anybody’s God would make me / have to choose.”
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CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these is NOT a major place in Brown Girl Dreaming?
Greenville, South Carolina
Brooklyn, New York
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Columbus, Ohio
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CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.7.5
CCSS.RL.7.4
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