Brown Girl Dreaming Review

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

• Odella tells lies

• Odella is bossy

• Odella is smart

• Odella runs wild

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Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

• Uncle Robert's house

• Halsey Park

• Greenville, South Carolina

• New York City

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

• wrapped presents

• a new TV

• board games

• a James Brown record

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What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?

• It tells about the author's childhood experiences

• It takes the form of a letter

• It is made up of poems

• It has a first person point of view

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

• They confuse him

• They make him homesick

• He thinks they are lies

• He likes them

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If Mia says the snowflakes are feathery, what does she mean?

• The snowflakes are sticking to her

• The snowflakes are flying away

• The snowflakes are soft and light

• The snowflakes are falling rapidly

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

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

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

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

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

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

• touch

• taste

• sight

• hearing

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

• Staying indoors bores her

• St indoors makes her feel safe

• She is scared of the outside

• She has more fun indoors than outdoors

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Which line or lines in "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the answer from the previous question?

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

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

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

• Down south already feels like a long time ago

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