Brown Girl Dreaming Part 2 Quizizz #5

In the poem, "My Mother Leaving Greenville," what is Jacqueline thinking about?

• What New York will be like when she moves there.

• How long it has been since she last saw her father.

• Why the South is segregated.

• Why the keep moving.

In the poem, "Halfway Home #1," what does Jacqueline want to know?

• Where home is.

• When her mother is coming back.

• Why they have to move again.

• Why Gunnar doesn't sing on his way home from work any more.

In the poem, "My Mother Looks Back On Greenville," Momma is described as being . . .

• Smiling, but tired.

• Angered, but relaxed.

• Teary eyed, but hopeful.

• Disappointed, but unconcerned.

In the poem, "The Last Fireflies," Jacqueline and her siblings catch and release fireflies in the hopes that . . .

• Grandma can retire.

• Gunnar stops smoking.

• They move back to Ohio where their father is.

• Their wish to stay in Greenville comes true.

In the poem, "Changes," what does Jacqueline say will change?

• Greenville

• New York

• Ohio

• Florida

In the poem, "Sterling High School Greenville," what happens to Mama's high school?

• It is flooded.

• It is burned down.

• It becomes a business center.

• It becomes and elementary school.

In the poem, "Sterling High School, Greenville," what does Mama say is the reason the school was burned down?

• The students were marching.

• Someone left the stove on in the cafeteria.

• Lightning struck the building.

• A nearby building caught fire, spreading to the school.

In the poem, "Faith," what does Grandma have the children do?

• Clean the house.

• Their homework.

• Become Jehova's Witnesses.

• Start packing their belongings for when they move to New York.

In the poem, "The Stories Cora Tells," what does Grandma tell Jacqueline not to believe.

• Don't believe you'll never see me again.

• Don't believe what your father tells you.

• Don't believe you are alone.

• Don't believe everything you hear.

In the poem, "Hall Street," what which of the following best reflects the main idea of the poem?

• Where is Grandfather?

• Wishing We Could Play

• Glad to be Jehovah's Witnesses

• Missing Mother