Brown Girl Dreaming Assessment

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.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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….

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Part A Which sentence best describes Woodson in Brown Girl Dreaming?

• She feels left out.

• She dislikes her siblings.

• She has a lively imagination.

• She is the best singer in the family.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which line or lines in "brooklyn rain" from Brown Girl Dreaming most clearly support the statement "staying indoors bores her"?

• 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...

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

On p. 2 of Brown Girl Dreaming, Woodson says her people were "enslaved, then emacipated." What does emancipated mean?

• kept in slavery

• to set free

• go on vacation

• hungry

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

In the excerpt from Brown Girl Dreaming, what is Woodson always doing?

• winning awards

• getting in trouble

• making things up

• trying to sneak out

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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!

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

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 … !

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5