From Brown Girl Dreaming My Perspectives

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?

A.Grandma softly tells the children not to make any noise. B.Jackson puts on his boots and wades through the mud. C.Isa cheers wildly for the home team when they score. D.Evan flattens each ball of cookie dough into a circle.

• 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, which is question #9 and then Part B, which is #10.

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.

ANSWER ONLY PART B

Part A

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

A.Staying indoors bores her.

B.She is scared of the outdoors.

C.Staying indoors makes her feel safe.

D.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 ....