Brown Girl Dreaming Quiz

Where does the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming take place?

• Halsey Park

• 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

• a new TV

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.

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.

• They confuse him.

• He likes them.

What makes Brown Girl Dreaming different from most other memoirs?

• It is made up of poems.

• It takes the form of a letter.

• It has a first-person point of view.

• It tells about the author’s childhood experiences.

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

• The snowflakes are flying away.

• The snowflakes are soft and light.

• The snowflakes are falling rapidly.

• The snowflakes are sticking to her.

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.

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B. 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.

• She has more fun indoors than outdoors.

Part B: Which line or lines in “brooklyn rain” from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly support the answer to Part A?

• 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….

• Down south already feels like a long time ago….