Part 1 Quiz of "Brown Girl Dreaming"

What do the italics signify in “second daughter’s second day on earth” (3-5)?

• A. dialogue between family members

• B. details about the lives of famous activists

• C. descriptions of Woodson’s birth in her own voice

• D. differences between spoken words and Woodson’s thoughts

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who are the “ghosts” referred to in the poem “the ghosts of the nelsonville house” (10-12)?

• A. bad ancestors who have passed away

• B. actual ghosts that haunt the Nelsonville home

• C. negative characteristics of her family members

• D. relatives who lived in the Nelsonville home when they were young

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

How do the poems “it’ll be scary sometimes” (13-14) and “football dreams” (15) develop similar ideas about Woodson’s family?

• A. They both suggest that Woodson’s father was devoted to his own family.

• B. They both suggest that Woodson’s family was admired in their community.

• C. They both illustrate a history of hard work and achievement in Woodson’s family.

• D. They both illustrate a history of supporting each other through hard times in Woodson’s family.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is Woodson’s most likely reason for including several poems about her father’s side of the family?

• A. to show Woodson’s confusion about who she should become as she grows up

• B. to establish the conflict between her mother’s and father’s sides of the family

• C. to highlight her sense of pride in her family’s strength and excellence

• D. to establish her family’s involvement in important historical events

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which quotation best shows the relationship between Mama and Grace? [RL.1]

• “Speaking softly with her mother-in-law, Grace, missing / her own mama back home.” (21)

• “Remember / that Grace, like my mother, wasn’t always a Woodson.” (25)

• “Grace’s family is from Greenville, too.” (25)

• 1. They are home to each other, Grace / to my mother is as familiar / as the Greenville air.” (25)

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

1. In the poem “Greenville, South Carolina, 1963,” what caused Mama to whisper, “We’re as good as anybody” (31)? [RL.3]

• 1. She wanted to remind herself and her children of their dignity despite the racist laws of the South.

• She wanted to build her own confidence before arriving at her parents’ home.

• She wanted to remind her children of their long family history of achievement.

• She wanted to build her own confidence before arriving at her parents’ home.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

1. How does “Journey” (29) develop ideas that appear in the previous poem, “each winter” (27)? [RL.5]

• Both poems show Woodson’s parents’ desire to live in Ohio.

• Both poems show Woodson’s parents’ devotion to their children.

• Both poems reveal important details about Woodson’s parents’ childhoods.

• Both poems reveal Woodson’s parents' attitudes toward living in the South.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

By the end of Part 1, what is Woodson communicating about the concept of “home”? [RL.2]

• Home is where family allows you to feel most like yourself.

• You can never feel at home in a place where you didn’t grow up.

• Once you leave home, you can never recapture the feeling you once had.

• Sometimes the people in your home aren’t the ones who understand you best.

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CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Jacqueline's father was a scholarship athlete in what sport?

• basketball

• soccer

• football

• baseball

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Where is Jacqueline’s father from?

• Michigan

• South Carolina

• Ohio

• New York

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6