From Brown Girl Dreaming

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.

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.

How can we tell that Woodson (the writer) is telling us something important in her writing?

• She repeats it

• She makes it rhyme

• She separates it from the other lines

• She puts parentheses ( ) around it

Which sentence best describes Woodson?

• She feels left out.

• She dislikes her siblings.

• She has a lively imagination.

• She is the best singer in the family.

Which line shows that Woodson's mother does not approve of her stories?

• You can run and play with your friends anytime

• I want you to find another way to play

• He hands my mother a record, a small 45-James Brown

• If you lie, she says, one day you'll steal!

Which line shows that Woodson makes up stories all the time?

• We all try to slide across the floor like he does.

• But you're not allowed to go to the park without any one

• If you catch a dandelion puff, you can make a wish

• I know a girl 10x's smarter than her. She gets diamonds...

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.

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.

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

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

Part A
In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is Woodson always doing?
Part B
Which quotation from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly supports the answer to Part A?

• The boy says, / I was a baby. Says, She doesn't remember him / and points to his silent sister.

• But we are already awake, all four of us, smiling / and jumping around / my uncle: What'd you bring me?

• I say, I know a girl ten times smarter than her. She gets diamonds every time she gets a hundred on a test.

• When he takes us to the park, Uncle Robert tells us, / If you catch a dandelion puff , you can make a wish.