from Brown Girl Dreaming

Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

• New York City

• Uncle Robert's house

• Greenville, South Carolina

In the poem "another way" from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson's mother bring home?

• a James Brown Record

• wrapped presents

• board games

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

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

• They make him homesick

• He thinks they are lies

• He likes them

What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?

• It is made up of poems

• It has a first-perrson point of view

• It tells about the author's childhood experiences

If Mia says that snowflakes are feathery, what does that mean?

• The snowflakes are flying away

• The snowflakes are soft and light

• The snowflakes are falling rapidly

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

• sight

• taste

• 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.

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

PART A: In the poem "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Woodson feel about staying indoors?                                                                    

• Staying indoors bores her

• She is scared of the outdoors

• Staying indoors makes her feel safe

PART B: Which line or lines in "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming MOST CLEARLY support the answer to Part A? (PART A: In the poem "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming, how does Woodson feel about staying indoors? )                                                                  

• The rain here is different than the way/ it rains in Greenville

• Just Mama saying, Stay inside today. It's raining...

• ...Nothing to do but/ watch/ the gray sidewalk grow darker...