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Jaquaeline Woodson's "Brown Girl Dreaming" is written as a memoir about her childhood. What is a memoir?

• autobiography

• fiction

• diagram

• chart

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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On p. 2 of Brown Girl Dreaming, Woodson says her people were "enslaved, then emacipated." What does emancipated mean?

• kept in slavery

• to set free

• go on vacation

• hungry

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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CCSS.RL.7.4

On p.4, the text mentions "James Baldwin is writing about injustice..." What is injustice?

• treating people fairly

• kindness

• unfair treatment

• friendly

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Read the selection in your Student Edition and choose the best answer to each question.

from Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jaqueline Woodson

What is the most likely reason the author tells her memoir in verse, not prose?

• To emphasize the setting and characters

• To tell about the events of her life in order

• To describe several events from her childhood

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  To reflect the way people often recall memories

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What does the author's family suggest she could be when she grows up?

• a teacher

• a lawyer

• a hair dresser

• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

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CCSS.RL.3.1

"The story wakes up, walks all over the room. Sits in a chair, crosses one leg over the other, says let me introduce myself."

This is an example of:

• synonyms

• personification

• antonyms

• rhyming

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

The author prefers the name Jacqueline, so why does she write the name Jackie on the board?

• She thinks Jackie sounds more catchy.

• It has fewer letters.

• She can't write a 'q' in cursive.

• She knows her mom wants her to be called Jackie.

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CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

turn around and around quickly

• humming

• squish

• twirl

• feathery

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2.  Read the sentences from the poem “writing #1.”

When I speak, / the words come pouring out of me.

The story / wakes up and walks all over the room.

Which idea does the figurative language in the sentences best express?

• Making up stories often gets the speaker into trouble.

• Writing stories is part of the speaker’s family traditions.

• Sharing stories with others is enjoyable to the speaker.

• Telling made-up stories aloud comes easily to the speaker.

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CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

1       What is the most likely reason the author tells her memoir in verse, not prose?

• To reflect the way people often recall memories

• To describe several events from her childhood

• To tell about the events of her life in order

• To draw about the events of her life

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10