Brown Girl Dreaming: Part 3 Review Quizizz

In the poem brooklyn, new york, Jacqueline’s mother says, “I am not Henny Penny and that is not the sky!” What literary device is being used in this sentence?

• Oxymoron

• Personification

• Allusion

• Simile

In the poem the johnny pump, what is a johnny pump?

• A fire extinguisher.

• A firefighter.

• A fire blanket.

• A fire hydrant.

In the poem genetics, people don’t believe that Roman is Jacqueline’s brother until they both smile. Why is that?

• Jacqueline and Roman have different skin colors, but the same gap between their teeth.

• Jacqueline and Roman have different outfits on, but the same colored eyes.

• Jacqueline and Roman have different colored hair, but the same hairstyle.

• Jacqueline and Roman have different personalities, but the same heart.

What is the significance of Jaqueline being able to write her own name in the poem on paper?

• If she can write her own name, then she can read a book.

• If she can write her own name, then she can write anything.

• If she can write her own name, then she can become a teacher.

• If she can write her own name, then she can be as brilliant as Hope.

In the poem saturday morning, Jacqueline says, “We remember Greenville without her, count our blessings in silence and chew.” What does Jacqueline mean when she says this?

• Even though the children don’t have as good of a breakfast as they did in Greenville, they are more grateful to be with their mother.

• Even though they can’t be with their mother in Greenville, they are grateful to have the delicious breakfast that Gunnar prepares for them in Brooklyn.

• Even though they can’t be with their Grandparents in Greenville, they are grateful for the breakfast Aunt Kay makes for them.

• Even though they can’t be Jehovah’s Witnesses, they are happy to be with Uncle Robert.

In the poem gifted, what word is used to describe Odella?

• Gifted

• Smart

• Bright

• Genius

In the poem off-key, what does off-key mean? How do you know? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

• Off-key means to sing out of tune. I know this because Jacqueline says, “My whole family knows I can’t sing. My voice, my sister says, is just left of the key. Just right of the tune."

• Off-key means you lost a key. I know this because Jacqueline says, "If it’s a song I like, I sing loud until my sister shushes me with a finger to her mouth."

• Off-key means you are not standing on a key. I know this because Jacqueline says, "It’s the music around the words that I hear in my head."

• Off-key means you are on-key. I know this because Jacqueline says, "We start each meeting at Kingdom Hall with a song and a prayer."

In the poem halfway home #2, what evidence from the text indicates that Jacqueline has changed since leaving Greenville? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

• Jacqueline’s accent has changed. Jacqueline says, “when I speak, the soft curl of the South on my tongue is near gone.”

• Jacqueline's attitude has changed. Jacqueline says, "We’ll be coming home soon, Grandma, each of us promises."

• Jacqueline's writing style has changed. Jacqueline says, "For a long time, there is only one tree on our block."

• Jacqueline's friends have changed. Jacqueline says, "That the traffic lights change fast."

In the poem mrs. hughes’s house, how are Jacqueline and her siblings treated by the other children when they arrive at Mrs. Hughes’s house? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

• The children are bullied upon their arrival at Mrs. Hughes’s house. Jacqueline says, “the other kids circle around us. Laughing at our hair, our clothes, the names our parents have given us, our city way of talking—too.”

• The children are welcomed when entering Mrs. Hughes's house. Jacqueline says, "Each morning, we walk the long dusty road to Mrs. Hughes’s house."

• The children are respected by the other children when going to Mrs. Hughes's house. Jacqueline says, "My grandmother drops us off and the other kids circle around us."

• The children are treated kindly when they arrive at Mrs. Hughes's house. Jacqueline says, "Hope is silent."

In the poem sunday afternoon on the front porch, has Gunnar’s health improved since the last time the children saw him? How do you know? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

• Gunnar’s health has not improved. Jacqueline says, “All this he does from a small chair, a cane beside him. He moves as if underwater, coughs hard and long into a handkerchief, calls out for Hope when he needs the chair moved.”

• Gunnar's health has improved. Jacqueline says, "Soon, it’ll be near evening and Daddy and I will walk slow back into the house where I’ll pull the Epsom salt from the shelf fill the dishpan with warm water, massage his swelling hands."

• Gunnar's health has not improved. Jacqueline says, "Miss Bell has tied a blue-checked sunbonnet beneath her chin."

• Gunnars health has improved. Jacqueline says, "But for now, I sit listening to Nicholtown settle around me."