From Brown Girl Dreaming My Perspectives

Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

• …His feet are magic / and we all try to slide across the floor like he does, / our own feet, again and again, / betraying us.

• …When I read, the words twist / twirl across the page. / When they settle, it is too late. / The class has already moved on.

• Who was with you? / Nobody. / But you’re not allowed to go to the park without anyone. / I just did.

• It’s hard to understand / the way my brain works.… / How each new story / I’m told becomes a thing / that happens, / in some other way / to me … !

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what does Woodson’s mother believe?

• If she lets her children outdoors, they will commit crimes.

• Children should not speak until they are spoken to.

• Uncle Robert gets the children too worked up.

• Her daughter’s stories sound like lies.

Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming best illustrates the answer to Part A?

• … No slip and slide through grass.

• Uncle Robert has moved to New York City!

• I went up a hill yesterday, I say.

• Sometimes, that’s the way things happen.

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.

Read these lines "believing," in Brown Girl Dreaming.

But my mother accuses me of lying.

If you lie, she says, one day you'll steal.

I won't steal.

What does the author use most clearly in these lines from her memoir, and why?

• She uses line breaks to show point of view.

• She uses strong verbs to move the plot forward.

• She uses dialogue to show that two characters disagree.

• She uses vivid words to create images in the reader's mind.

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 Woodson always doing?

• winning awards

• getting in trouble

• making things up

• trying to sneak out

Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming best illustrates first-person point of view?

• ...No slip and slide through grass.

• Uncle Robert has moved to New York City!

• I went up a hill yesterday, I say.

• Sometimes, that's the way things happen.

What does Woodson miss now that she lives in Brooklyn?

• Her dad's house

• Her old school

• Her uncle's house

• South Carolina