Brown Girl Dreaming Assessment

Part A From what point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming told?

• first-person point of view

• second-person point of view

• third-person point of view

• fourth-person point of view

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.

Which two excerpts from the text show that the author struggled with reading as a child?

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

• "I am not my sister"

• "Too slow / the teacher says"

• "We are allowed / to take out seven books each"

• "Those days. no one tells me to read faster/ to read harder books / to read like Dell"

What is the POV of "Brown Girl Dreaming?"

• Third

• First

• Second

• There isn't one.

True or False: "Brown Girl Dreaming" is a poem and a memoir.

• True

• False

True or False: "Brown Girl Dreaming" is NOT about people of color and the Civil Rights Movement.

• True

• False

What is the theme of the story?

• Older sisters are not cool.

• Reading is not for everyone.

• Family, Identity, and Belonging.

• There is not a theme.

True or False: Brown Girl Dreaming discusses Jacqueline Woodson's early childhood.

• True

• False

Which of these is NOT a major place in Brown Girl Dreaming?

• Greenville, South Carolina

• Brooklyn, New York

• Grand Rapids, Michigan

• Columbus, Ohio

Which sentence best describes Jacqueline Woodson?

• She feels left out.

• She has a lively imagination.

• She dislikes her family.

• She is the best singer in the family.