from Brown Girl Dreaming Study Guide

Please type in the number of the line that answers the question.

What does the author use most clearly in these lines from her memoir?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Dialogue

• Onomatopoeia

Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

• New York City

• Halsey Park

• Far Rockaway

• Greenville, South Carolina

In the excerpt, from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is the main thing that readers learn about Odella, Woodson's older sister?

• Odella is bossy

• Odella is smart

• Odella tells lies

• Odella runs wild

After reading the excerpt, draw a conclusion about Woodson's character.

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?

Your little brother is humming at the dinner table. Which of your senses tells you this?

• sight

• taste

• touch

• hearing

Which of the following sentences best shows the meaning of shushes?

• Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise.

• Jackson puts on his boots and wades through the mud.

• Isa cheers wildly for the home team when they score.

• Evan flattens each ball of cookie dough into a circle.

Which of these words is the best example of onomatopoeia?

• singer

• leaped

• screeched

• microphone

Which of these is an example of feathery?

• Brick

• Pillow

• Rock

• Book